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tangent4ronpaul
04-19-2011, 10:22 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/republicans-still-looking-for-mr-right/2011/04/18/AFA6XP4D_blog.html

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is going up with radio ads, phone calls and grassroots messaging efforts in 25 districts, hitting Republicans for voting for a House GOP budget that Democrats contend would “end Medicare.”

“Did you know Congressman Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.) voted to end Medicare, forcing seniors to pay $12,500 for private health insurance, without guaranteed coverage?” says one ad. “Tell Cravaack to keep his hands off our Medicare.”

In addition to Cravaack, the media offensive will go after Reps. Rick Crawford (Ark.), Tim Griffin (Ark.), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Dan Lungren (Calif.), Scott Tipton (Colo.), Daniel Webster (Fla.), Bill Young (Fla.), Vern Buchanan (Fla.), Tom Rooney (Fla.), Allen West (Fla.), David Rivera (Fla.), Tom Latham (Iowa), Steve King (Iowa), Bobby Schilling (Ill.), Larry Bucshon (Ind.), Dan Benishek (Mich.), Fred Upton (Mich.), Charlie Bass (N.H.), Ann Marie Buerkle (N.Y.), Steve Chabot (Ohio), Kristi Noem (S.D.), Francisco Canseco (Texas), Paul Ryan (Wis.) and Sean Duffy (Wis.).

The DCCC declined to say what the size of the ad buy is.

Bolded names are freshman and presumably tea party candidates

Yeah, my initial reaction to Ryan's budget was "Are you trying to give the dems the house in 2012?" - looks like that is just what might happen - and the budget sucked anyway and is DoA when it hits the Senate.