Liberal groups plan ad buy against local Republican during GOP presidential debates
By Chris Moody | The Ticket – Fri, Jan 6, 2012
CONCORD, N.H.--Two liberal groups are teaming up for an ad buy in New Hampshire that will air during the Republican presidential debates this weekend, singling out Rep. Charlie Bass for his support of a Republican Medicare overhaul plan last year.
Sponsored by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America, the 30-second spot, which first ran in May, shows a retired woman accusing Bass of voting to "end Medicare" when he voted for House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan's plan that would transition the program into a voucher system that allows seniors to purchase health care on a private market. The plan ultimately passed in the House and failed in the Democrat-led Senate.
The groups hope to tie Bass' vote in with the remaining members of the GOP presidential field, all of whom say they support the Medicare provision in Ryan's plan. The candidates have back-to-back debates scheduled this weekend on Saturday and Sunday.
They apparently didn't like our ad running to much during the GOP debates:
Republicans are freaking out about our ad in New Hampshire. They tried to have the ad pulled from this weekend's debates, but the stations airing the debates refused.
The fact that Republicans are running scared shows the power of our ad. They know their plan to end Medicare is a loser and they don't want voters to know anything about it.
That's why we're doubling down. We're going to make sure that ads like this one stay on the air in New Hampshire and in states across the country.
Everywhere Republicans go, we'll be there with the stories of real people struggling to get by. All Republicans want to talk about is making life easier for Wall Street, so we're going to force them to talk about the issues affecting working families, like Medicare.
Thank you for everything you do.
-Nick
Nick Passanante, Deputy Political Director
Democracy for America