This Week's New Campaign Ads

Paul Ryan's Adelson-funded SuperPAC is running the dirtiest and most personal smear campaign in history. The goal is to disgust independent voters and turn them off from voting. Meanwhile, Democrats are trying to stick to issues but are being distracted defending against Ryan's attempt to smear them. Ryan is pounding Randy Bryce especially hard in his own district (which he's retiring from). He knows the key to election is independent voters, who are leaning strongly away from the GOP. The Ryan PAC has spent $1.5 million on ads attacking Randy for a record of arrests (driving while intoxicated, smoking pot, protesting Scott Walker's anti-union legislation...). Randy responded this week by looking straight into the camera and taking responsibility (above). Ryan's PAC then recruited Bryce's right-wing, hate-filled jealous brother to denounce him as a cop hater, setting off a fire storm that back fired on Ryan's hand-picked candidate, Bryan Steil.

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Yesterday Elizabeth Warren told her supporters exactly what I've been saying all week-- in her words, that "Republicans are scared to face the voters this November. So they’re calling in the cavalry-- asking their biggest donors to sling the filthiest mud against some of our strongest Democratic candidates. Paul Ryan’s pet Super PAC is flooding the airwaves with false attacks-- and in some cases dog-whistle garbage-- in districts that will help decide whether Democrats win back the House." She suggested contributing to some of the candidates being smeared by Ryan's machine, particularly Katie. I would add Randy Bryce, Kara Eastman and Jared Golden to that list as well, all of whose campaigns can be found by clicking on the 2018 congressional Blue America thermometer on the right. How about contributing to the candidate whose video you like the best and would like to see on the air the most?

In Maine, Ryan's PAC seems obsessed with Jared Golden's tattoos-- which his frontline unit members all got after fighting in Afghanistan (while Republican Bruce Poliquin was working on Wall Street to loot workers' pension funds). The DCCC responded in kind on behalf of Jared with a blistering ad that hits Poliquin on his biggest weaknesses:



So far Kara Eastman isn't getting any DCCC help-- so she went after Don Bacon, her Trump-enabling Republican opponent, herself, and totally on the issues Omaha voters are interested in. She's basically ignoring the ads Paul Ryan's PAC is running against her that accuse her of being in a punk rock band when she was in college. This one, at least to me appears to be a lot lmore effective than that:



Same with Jess King-- no DCCC help (and none on the horizon)-- so she went after... the establishment on her own. This is one of the best ads of the cycle. Jess is a progressive grassroots candidate in southern Pennsylvania and she owes nothing to either party and in this brand new ad says what so many Americans feel: "Both the Republican and Democratic Party establishments have failed to stand up to the special interests. While working people are getting left behind, leaders in both parties keep stacking the deck against us... We deserve a Representatibve who shares our values and who's willing to stand up to the political establishment in DC." This is a very appealing ad and will probably be extremely effective in a district like PA-11.



Ammar Campa-Najjar's newest ad was made for Fox viewers and uses Fox anchors to get his message out! It's an effective and ballsy concept. He goes right after Drunken Hunter's defense of his indefensible criminal activities-- and right to his core base of supporters. Since the indictments were made public, Ammar has caught up with Hunter in polling and this ad should help change a dead even 46-46% tie into a lead-- even in this very red R+11 congressional district east of San Diego:



Katie Porter is being inundated with negative ads from Paul Ryan's PAC. They even "accused" her of having gone to Harvard, probably a stupid accusation to make in a well-off, highly educated district where people admire educational achievement. She's sticking to the issues in her new ad-- while letting voters know the difference between where she stands and where her Trump rubber stamp opponent, Mimi Walters, stands. Walters has a voting record and it's completely out of step with the district she doesn't even live in.



Lisa Brown is also getting pounded by Paul Ryan's SuperPAC which is desperately trying to save Trump enabler Cathy McMorris Rodgers in eastern Washington. Her brand new ad is persuasive as it contrasts McMorris Rodgers' actual voting record against healthcare with the top plank in Lisa's campaign. This is one of the top battle-ground races in the country and among the top 5 races when it comes to punishing the GOP for their massive overreach.



Mike Siegel's ad contrasts a so-called "safe" gerrymandered district, with the safety-- the lack of safety to be more precise-- of the people who live in it. It's an expensive ad to run in two very high-priced media markets (Austin and Houston) and Mike can really use some help putting together two effective ad buys. Give him a hand here. 



Dayna Steele, like Mike Siegel, is also running in Texas. His district starts in the suburbs west of Houston. Hers is on the other side of the sprawling city. TX-36 voters know Dayna because she was the most popular rock dj on K-101 for years. Instead of a new TV ad, take a look at the trailer for a 6-part docu-series in which a film crew follows Dayna on the campaign trail, Dayna Steele: Rock the 36th. From the movie company's press release:

Dayna Steele is sick and tired of being told she can't do something. As Houston's "first lady of rock and roll" during the 70's, 80's and 90's, Dayna introduced a whole generation to the music of legends like Boston, Joan Jett and Melissa Etheridge on Rock 101 KLOL. Her fans, known as “Steeleworkers,” never forgot her influence on their lives. In 2016, Dayna was looking forward to retiring with her husband, a pilot for NASA, and spending the rest of her days on the golf course. But the presidential elections in November of that year changed her mind and put her on a different course.

The wife of a first-generation Cuban-American and the mother of an LGBTQ son, Dayna felt she had to do something to fight the resurgence of homophobia and xenophobia in the country she loves. On May 31, 2017, Dayna Steele announced her candidacy for the 36th Congressional District in the State of Texas. Running as a Democrat in one of the reddest districts in a traditionally red state, Dayna knows this campaign will be a hard fight as she goes up against an incumbent who once notoriously said, “Sometimes a lady needs to be told when she’s being nasty.” With the future of the country on the line, Dayna is one nasty woman who is ready to fight for the people of her district. Her campaign motto says it all… Healthcare + Education = Jobs

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