VIRGINIA SENATE: Tim Kaine vs. George Allen
The Virginia Senate race, pitting two former governors against each other, is one of the highly-competitive races this year that could decide whether Democrats or Republicans have control of the Senate.
It should come as no surprise, then, that the Karl Rove-linked super PAC powerhouse, Crossroads GPS, is channeling huge sums of money into the race, as are other groups on both sides.
Outside groups have spent nearly $16 million so far on the race between Democrat Tim Kaine and Republican George Allen, who are competing to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Jim Webb. Crossroads GPS, a tax-exempt nonprofit group, has spent the most, investing nearly $4.5 million to attack Kaine. Its sister organization American Crossroads (which, unlike Crossroads GPS, is required to reveal its donors) has spent another $728,000 attacking Kaine. The two groups together have aired a total of 12 different ads in Virginia. In the above ad, Crossroads GPS calls Kaine "addicted" to spending, slamming him for a tax proposal he put forward in 2009.
On the Democratic side, big spenders include the Democratic super PAC, Majority PAC, which has spent more than $3.6 million attacking Allen. The nonpartisan, pro-environment group the League of Conservation Voters has also spent more than $1.4 million against Allen. The Associated Press described one League of Conservation Voters mailer against Allen that portrayed him as the goofy "Gilligan" character from the 1960s show "Gilligan's Island."
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- The Republican controlled Supreme Court will probably next say Blacks can't vote because they are from Africa... Our government is not far from being the subject of revolution if the right wing tea party and FOX GOP network continue to influence our government..
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- This is open, in-your-face corruption in action. We can thank the Supreme Court and Citizens United of this. It needs to end.
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