Faux reports GOP refuses to buy ads for Santorum

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2006/10/14/gop-refuses-to-buy-ads-for-santorum/

FOX News reported on the most recent debate between Santorum and Casey which got pretty heated Friday afternoon. But the most interesting part of the segment was the final few seconds. It looks like the GOP is writing off little Ricky.

Cameron: The Republican party may be signaling it's own doubts about its incumbent. The RNC and the National Republican Senatorial committee have made no plans to buy ads on Mr. Santorum's behalf in the final three and a half weeks of this race. Perhaps suggesting that they have begun losing confidence in whether or not their number three leader in the GOP can actually hang on to the seat, Jim.

And confirmed.

http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1160706338241210.xml&coll=1&thispage=1

Two Republican groups bypass Santorum's campaign
Friday, October 13, 2006
BY BRETT LIEBERMAN
Of Our Washington Bureau
National Republican leaders remain hopeful that U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum can turn around his struggling campaign, but they might have already written off the Pennsylvania race to Democrat Robert P. Casey Jr., if their checkbooks are any indication.

Neither the National Republican Committee nor the National Republican Senatorial Committee has reserved time at Pennsylvania television stations for "independent expenditure" ads supporting Santorum, R-Pa. Neither committee has spent any money on such ads for Santorum, the GOP's No. 3 leader in the Senate.

Independent expenditures are advertisements done without the knowledge or approval of a candidate's campaign.

The national committees' spending in Pennsylvania is only a fraction of what is being spent in Ohio, Tennessee and Missouri in what they are calling a firewall strategy to limit Democrats' gains next month.

The RNC transferred slightly more than $1 million to the Republican State Committee, but those funds are to be used for all races, including three to five competitive House elections.

[mattclearing]

1. Or maybe they are comfortable with the people running the tabulators? n/t

[aquart]

2. Without Abramoff funneling tribal and taxpayer cash to them........

Why, they seem to be worrying about money.

Couldn't happen to a sweeter group of thieves.

[dajoki]

3. I still don't trust them...

Especially little pRicky, he's desperate and he will do desperate things.