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Christie scrutinized for cameo in NJ tourism ad
(CNN) – New Jersey Democrat and gubernatorial hopeful Barbara Buono released a new web video Monday–but it's not the ad getting the most attention in the Garden State these days. Republican Gov. Chris Christie is taking heat for his role in a new tourism ad for his state following the devastating impact of Superstorm Sandy. […]
First on CNN: In new TV ad, slain officer’s family endorses Cuccinelli
Alexandria, Virginia (CNN) – The widow and daughter of a Virginia police officer killed in the line of duty endorse Ken Cuccinelli for governor in a new television commercial that will start running throughout the commonwealth on Monday, a Cuccinelli campaign adviser tells CNN. Cuccinelli’s first TV ad since accepting the Republican Party’s gubernatorial nomination […]
Virginia GOP nominee compared Planned Parenthood to KKK
(CNN) – An outspoken and provocative conservative who emerged from Saturday's Republican Party of Virginia Convention as the party's nominee for lieutenant governor once compared Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and blasted African-Americans for their "slavish devotion" to the Democratic Party. Show More Summary
McAuliffe's wife: Cuccinelli 'will have me to answer to'
(CNN) - Dorothy McAuliffe is standing by her man, Terry McAuliffe, after Republican critics have attacked the Virginia gubernatorial candidate for not being the best husband based on some anecdotes in his book. In his 2007 memoir, "What a Party," the former Democratic National Committee chairman details times when his job kept him busy, like […]
Ayotte: I won't back down
Washington (CNN) - While much of Washington's attention is on the various controversies involving the IRS, the Benghazi attack and the Justice Department subpoena of the Associated Press, those on both sides of the gun control debate are engaged in trying to sway public opinion. Much of the focus right now is on New Hampshire […]
CNN's GUT CHECK for May 10, 2013
CNN's GUT CHECK | for May 10, 2013 | 5 p.m. - n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle BREAKING: White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Friday the only changes made by the White House and the State Department to CIA talking points on the deadly […]
CNN's GUT CHECK for May 8, 2013
CNN's GUT CHECK | for May 8, 2013 | 5 p.m. - n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle SLAMMED: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RESPONSE BLASTED AT BENGHAZI HEARING… Top Republicans and witnesses ripped the Obama administration's response to last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in [...]
NRA airs 'thank you' ad for Ayotte for gun vote
(CNN) – Sen. Kelly Ayotte, the New Hampshire Republican who's been derided by gun control groups for her "no" vote on expanding background checks last month, is getting some support on the airwaves with a new television spot from the National Rifle Association. The 30-second ad, airing as part of a $25,000 buy on Manchester-based [...]
Older candidate touts newer technology in bid for Senate
(CNN) - Broadband, smart phones and Facebook are taking center stage Wednesday in a special election next month in Massachusetts to fill the state's open U.S. Senate seat. Rep. Ed Markey, the Democratic nominee in the race, is out with his first TV commercial of the general election, touting his efforts to pass the 1996 [...]
In spoof video, Christie pokes fun of fleece, 2016
(CNN) - When Chris Christie loses his famous fleece in a new parody video, it takes him on a journey that crosses paths with Alec Baldwin, Jon Bon Jovi, and James Carville–just to name a few–and takes a tongue-in-cheek look at his potential 2016 aspirations. The outspoken New Jersey governor starred in the seven-minute long [...]
Gomez calls on Markey to take down 'despicable' video
(CNN) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez is calling on his Massachusetts opponent, Democratic Rep. Ed Markey, to take down an ad showing him on screen with Osama bin Laden. "Career Politician Ed Markey has started his campaign with a textbook despicable political attack to attempt to connect me with Osama bin Laden in [...]
Virginia governor hopefuls hitting airwaves with bio ads
(CNN) – Terry McAuliffe and Ken Cuccinelli are both introducing themselves to Virginia voters in biographical television spots six months before the commonwealth chooses its next governor. McAuliffe's 30-second ad, which begins airing Thursday, features the Democratic operative recounting a business he began as a teenager. "I'm the youngest of four boys, and when I [...]
Sen. Marco Rubio: Immigration bill 'probably can't pass the House'
(CNN) – Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said Tuesday he doubts the so-called Gang of Eight's bipartisan immigration reform will gain enough support in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives. "The bill that's in place right now probably can't pass the House," the junior senator from Florida said on Mike Gallagher's conservative radio show. "It will have [...]
Sanford affair front and center in closing week of high-profile race
(CNN) – Call it a one, two punch. Elizabeth Colbert Busch brought up former South Carolina's Gov. Mark Sanford's affair in their one and only debate Monday night in the race to fill a vacant congressional seat in the Palmetto State. Hours later, an independent group supporting the Democratic candidate touted that they're going up [...]
Sanford's tale about the trail in ad on campign trail
(CNN) – Former Gov. Mark Sanford is getting hit with another TV ad in the South Carolina special congressional election, less than two weeks before voters head to the polls. The latest spot again goes after the Republican’s infamous secret trip in 2009. While his staff told reporters at the time he was hiking on [...]
National Democrats to get aggressive in South Carolina race
(CNN) – One day after a national Republican campaign group pulled out of the South Carolina special congressional race, the group's Democratic counterpart announced it's stepping in. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says it will begin running an attack ad Friday against Republican candidate Mark Sanford, the former governor of the state who's attempting a [...]
McConnell continues offensive over secret recording
(CNN) - Sen. Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign says it's going up on television Friday with a new television commercial seizing upon last week's news that the Senate minority leader and political operatives were secretly taped at his Louisville, Kentucky headquarters. The ad, which McConnell's campaign says they'll spend six figures to run statewide in Kentucky [...]
New NRA web ad: listen to police, not Obama
(CNN) – On the day the Senate begins votes on new gun control measures, the National Rifle Association said they were launching web ad casting President Barack Obama's proposals as detached from the reality faced by America's law enforcement officers. The 30-second spot, which the NRA says it will spend $500,000 to place on websites [...]
CNN's GUT CHECK for April 15, 2013
CNN's GUT CHECK | for April 15, 2013 | 5 p.m. - n. a pause to assess the state, progress or condition of the political news cycle BREAKING: POLICE: 2 DEAD AFTER BLASTS AT BOSTON MARATHON… In the aftermath of two bomb blasts near the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon, Boston police confirm two [...]
Terrorist video used in ad against McConnell
(CNN) - A liberal nonprofit group said Thursday it would begin airing an ad hitting Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell that uses a video produced in 2011 showing an American al Qaeda spokesperson showing how to obtain guns in the U.S. Americans United for Change, the group behind the ad, will initially spend $5,000 to [...]
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