Tag: GA-Sen

We’ve been talking about the $500,000 dropped by the DSCC into Atlants, but according to subcription-only Roll Call, they’re doing more than we originally thought.

As a result, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has begun dumping cash into the race. According to Democratic sources, the DSCC this week gave cash to the state Democratic party to help pay for an ad buy that the state committee would be taking out against Chambliss.

Additionally, the Atlanta Journal Constitution on Wednesday reported the committee had made a $500,000 television ad buy. According to the paper, the DSCC will run ads on five television stations serving the Atlanta area. The ad is scheduled to run 369 times, largely during prime time and newscasts, by next week, the paper reported.

Roll Call did not say how much was transferred to the GA State Party, but it is obvious by now the DSCC takes this race very seriously. Should be a lot of fun!

From the Atlanta-Journal Constitution:

By late Tuesday, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee had bought about $500,000 worth of advertising time on at least five metro Atlanta television stations for spots to support Democratic senate candidate Jim Martin in his uphill battle against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Moultrie. The spots begin running today. […]

As of late Tuesday afternoon, Atlanta’s five network affiliates: WSB, WXIA, WAGA and WGCL and WATL had not received copies of the ad, which is slated to run Wednesday morning. The ad will run largely during news broadcasts and in prime time, during such popular programs as “Dancing with the Stars,” “House” and NFL Sunday pre-game show.

The size of DSCC order is substantial. At $514,950, it is much larger than any weekly TV ad buy made by Martin since of the start of his campaign. The ad is scheduled to run 369 times by next week.

There’s no word yet on whether the DSCC is airing ads in Georgia’s other media markets (although metro Atlanta is certainly the biggest), but this is certainly a good start and an encouraging sign for Jim Martin. If we hope to win this race, all of us will need to kick it up a notch.

(Hat-tip: Ectoras)

Update: Here’s the ad:

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the DSCC has bought $514,950 worth of TV-ads in on five Atlanta TV stations.

http://www.ajc.com/news/conten…

From AJC.com:

As of late Tuesday afternoon, Atlanta’s five network affiliates: WSB, WXIA, WAGA and WGCL and WATL had not received copies of the ad, which is slated to run Wednesday morning. The ad will run largely during news broadcasts and in prime time, during such popular programs as “Dancing with the Stars,” “House” and NFL Sunday pre-game show.

The size of DSCC order is substantial. At $514,950, it is much larger than any weekly TV ad buy made by Martin since of the start of his campaign. The ad is scheduled to run 369 times by next week.

$500,000 is not much, but at least they are finally in. There should be more where that came from.  

Once again, Public Policy Polling is letting readers pick their next state poll. While there are a lot of good choices, I had to go with Georgia due to its exciting Senate race. Be sure to drop by PPP’s blog and cast your vote.

And speaking of Georgia, we’re only six bucks short of an even $5,000 for Jim Martin on SSP’s Actblue page. Who will push us over the top? We literally just need some spare change that fell in between your sofa cushions to make this happen.

Looks like the DSCC is finally dipping its toes in the water in the Peach State:

Last week, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer described Georgia and Kentucky as “even-steven races.” The committee hasn’t, however, officially added Georgia to its list of battleground states, and has been slow to pour money into the race. A spokesman said the committee did partially fund Martin’s latest television ad, which blames Chambliss for the economic turmoil.

“We think it’s a neck-and-neck race,” said DSCC spokesman Matthew Miller. “That’s why we sent money to the state party.”

The blogosphere has really stepped it up here in just the last few days. Daily Kos raised over $42K for Martin, and we’re just shy of $5,000 here at SSP. (Who wants to put us over the top?) I’m glad to see the DSCC get involved here, but with time running out, it’s time for them to seriously kick it up a notch. If we truly want to break the GOP’s spirit, this is the place to do it. It’s time to act now.

Everyone heads up. The Georgia Race has been offically declared red hot by the beltway pundits with this email just now hitting my box.

Mon Oct 13 14:48:57 CDT 2008Race: 2008 Senate – GAThe Cook Political Report Race Rating for this race has been changed from LeanRepublican to Toss Up.

Yep, DC has labled it a toss-up and with Oregon going blue this could be the biggest race on Election Night. All hands of deck!

I can’t believe my eyes! Look at this:

Earlier in the day, DavidNYC challenged the SSP community to raise $500 for Georgia Senate candidate Jim Martin, who is currently locked in a tight race with the odious GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss. Well, you guys answered that call to action (and then some), and the SSP Blogfather himself has laid down five Franklins as a matching gift just a few minutes ago.

Give yourselves a big pat on the back. You guys have truly went above and beyond to both help Jim Martin scrape together the resources he needs and to help us meet our goals. While we won’t be moving the goalposts again (at least, not right now), if anyone wants to help push us past $5,000, you are certainly welcome to.

Once again, thank you for your generosity!

SurveyUSA (10/11-12, likely voters, 9/28-29 in parens):

Jim Martin (D): 43 (44)

Saxby Chambliss (R-inc): 46 (46)

Allen Buckley (L): 6 (5)

(MoE: ±3.8%)

Hot damn! Things are still awfully close in Georgia. Ladies and gentlemen, if you were thinking of donating to Jim Martin but haven’t done so yet, today’s your last chance to double your money. DavidNYC will be matching up to $500 in donations made on SSP’s Actblue page, and we still have a ways to go before we make SSP’s Blogfather pony up every cent.

Let’s help Jim Martin close the gap.

Bonus finding: McCain leads Obama by 51-43 according to the same poll.

(H/T: RandySF)

UPDATE: We only need another $200 or so before DavidNYC kicks in with his match. Who will put us over the top?

Enough talking the talk – time to walk the walk. Here’s the deal, folks: I am going to donate $500 to Jim Martin’s campaign today. The catch is that this is a match – if SSP readers pony up $500 of your own today, then you’ll get double your value, since I’ll come in on top of that with $500 from my own checkbook.

Because I have faith in you guys, we’re gonna up the goal one last time, to $4600 – the equivalent of a very generous patron giving a double-max donation to the Martin campaign. Martin undoubtedly didn’t get too many double-maxes, seeing as he didn’t get much buzz until very recently. But we can make up that gap.

Check this out:

When we first kicked off this push, we set a goal of raising $2,300 for Jim Martin — a goal that you guys quickly smashed apart. We then raised the stakes to $3,000, and this community blew through that benchmark in just a few hours. It’s quite clear that we weren’t being ambitious enough.

So, what do you say? Can we raise $4,000 for Jim Martin, who is currently in a dead heat with Saxby Chambliss in the polls?

I think we can. Let’s do this thing!