Cillizza buries this nugget in his latest post on GOP spending decisions:
(It’s worth noting that a national party committee pulling advertising out of a state isn’t always a bad sign. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has pulled its advertising in the Colorado Senate race, but that is a sign of their confidence of winning, not their acceptance of defeat.)
More money to spend elsewhere.
UPDATE: The Denver Post has more:
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will cease television advertising in Colorado by Tuesday, state Democratic sources say, a signal that the national candidate committee believes Rep. Mark Udall is comfortably ahead of former congressman Bob Schaffer in the race for Colorado’s open U.S. Senate seat.
The DSCC instead will put its resources into competitive races elsewhere as the party tries to secure the filibuster-proof 60-seat majority.
Udall’s campaign isn’t particularly happy with the move, however.
“It doesn’t help,” Udall spokesman Tara Trujillo said of the national Senate committee’s decision. “We think that outside GOP groups will see this as an opportunity to launch more mean-spirited attack ads against Mark.”
http://www.surveyusa.com/index…
Very nice. That’s a horrible approval for an incumbent Senator.
A source close to Senator Tom Harkin’s campaign tells me that he kicked in another $250K to the DSCC this week, after giving $250K at the end of September.
No official confirmation, but he certainly could afford to give $500K, given these numbers from the latest FEC report:
Especially GA
I don’t think this one is put away.
i agree that the DSC shouldn’t pull out before it’s put away, but it should when it is. GA and MS especially need it.