Well, if there was any doubt about the competitiveness of Democrat Jim Esch’s race against unaccomplished GOP Rep. Lee Terry in Omaha, Nebraska, it should now be erased:
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has made a six-figure investment in television ads to air on Omaha stations between now and Election Day.
The ads are part of a campaign to boost Jim Esch in his race against incumbent Lee Terry.
“They wouldn’t be doing this is they didn’t think this was a race that could be won,” said Esch.
Public documents indicate that the DCCC bought nearly $200,000 in television ads. Committee records last month indicated that the party recognizes Esch as a strong candidate to take away a Republican seat.
Remember, this is an R+9 seat that Bush carried carried comfortably twice. However, the GOP’s grip on the seat showed signs of loosening in 2006, when Terry won by a surprising 55-45 margin against the underfunded Esch. With the Obama campaign on the ground in Omaha and targeting its lone electoral vote and the DCCC now on the air, Esch no longer has to go it alone. This is a pretty big deal.
The DCCC’s Stakeholder blog has more.
we will probably be picking up 40-45 seats on election night.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…
Daily Kos has the story. Supposedly Obama is buying a half-hour of cable TV time to air a special between 8-8:30 pm on 10/29.
What % did Bush beat Kerry by here in 2004?
Obama did not send his campaign to win one electoral vote. He sent people there to help Esch and Kleeb. Suddenly the DCCC is going in for Esch. Great stuff.