Sherrod Brown is getting slammed by Super PAC money (and it's working)

[cali]

Ohio U.S. Senate Race Close as $17 Million in Ads Hammer Brown
Mark Niquette, ©2012 Bloomberg News
Published 12:22 a.m., Thursday, September 20, 2012



Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Ohio Republican Josh Mandel started a bid to unseat U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown trailing by as much as 17 percentage points in polls. He’s since racked up more fact-checker censures for complete inaccuracy than any Ohio politician.

That hasn’t stopped Mandel, propelled by what Brown says is $18 million in television advertising by outside groups, from clawing his way back. One poll released Sept. 13 shows Mandel within seven points of Brown. The race is a test of the power of super-PACs to help turn a first-term, 34-year-old state treasurer whom a former governor calls “an empty suit” into a contender against a political fixture.

“This wouldn’t be a race at all if it weren’t for the millions of dollars against me from outside, undisclosed interest groups,” Brown said in an interview Sept. 5 at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Brown said there has been more money spent against him than any Senate candidate.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Ohio-U-S-Senate-Race-Close-as-17-Million-in-Ads-3879349.php#ixzz271byZwG5

[ananda]

1. Well, is Brown going to fight back?

Or not?

[ProSense]

6. Sherrod Brown has been

sending out releases about the Super Pac spending, and he has done some great ads. (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021047142)

What this piece is doing is trying to give the impression that Mandel is catching up based on the ads. The piece is comparing apples to oranges polls.

[ProSense]

2. What nonsense!

Talk about trying to scare people.

An NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist Poll released Sept. 13 showed Brown leading Mandel 48 percent to 41 percent among registered voters, including those leaning toward a candidate, after Brown enjoyed a 14 percentage-point lead in the same poll in May. Two polls in August had shown the race deadlocked.

They're comparing RV polls from months ago to current LV polls. Brown is up by 7 points.

[cali]

4. his lead has been consistently shrinking per the article I posted

and anyone who isn't concerned about this kind of money flooding a race- and Brown is- is none too swift, dear.

[ProSense]

7. It's in large part due to

the shift to LV. Look at the averages up to about late August. Notice the bump and then the decline.

http://polltracker.talkingpointsmemo.com/contests/oh-senator-12


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/senate/oh/ohio_senate_mandel_vs_brown-2100.html

Most of the polls have been between seven and 10 points.

[DonRedwood]

3. C'mon peeps!! donate ten bucks to sherrod, I did! He's a good man and a hard worker.

http://www.sherrodbrown.com/

[Jennicut]

5. Per Real Clear Politics Brown has a +7.2 advantage in the polls

RCP Average 9/7 - 9/18 -- 48.2 41.0 Brown +7.2
FOX News 9/16 - 9/18 1009 LV 47 40 Brown +7
Rasmussen Reports 9/12 - 9/12 500 LV 49 41 Brown +8
NBC/WSJ/Marist 9/9 - 9/11 979 LV 49 42 Brown +7
PPP (D) 9/7 - 9/9 1072 LV 48 40 Brown +8
Gravis Marketing 9/7 - 9/8 1548 LV 48 42 Brown +6

He is currently kicking that twerp's ass.

[Generic Other]

8. Seems all of these candidates who are being attacked with supervillain PACS

need to pool their resources and have the exact same gameplan in every different state. Same anti-corporate superpac commercials, same clever canned response...

This guy and the others need to convey to Americans how ugly it is.

Like letting the dirty old man down the street buy your daughter a prom dress because he offers to pay. The money does not come without strings attached. Only a very bad parent would even consider such a bargain.

I recall when someone used this analogy about refusing to accept Gates Foundation money at his school. It made several teachers cry.