Club For Growth: "Vote Neumann"

I love Sunday mornings, as it's a time I get to channel flip and view so many different political programs. Its a direct connection back to my grandmother who was famous for "radically" wanting a TV in the kitchen back in the 70's so she could cook and watch Meet The Press.

Well today, I saw the new "Club For Growth" ad attacking Tommy Thompson for raising taxes an abhorrent 9 times during his 14 years as Governor. Then, in the SAME commercial, they attack Eric Hovde, only trying to paint him as "worse than Thompson". Take a look:



Talk about "mud slinging!" Comparing a Republican Neo-Stalwart to Jim Doyle! Aghast! Notice how the bulk of this ad isn't really aimed at Thompson, but it's aimed at Hovde. This is clearly because polls have been shifting away from Thompson, and why for almost 2 months now I've been telling you that Tommy's not winning the primary.

What's even better though is that Hovde is clearly pissed at Neumann and his backers. So, he's put out his own ad attacking "Negative Neumann":



I found the "bridge to nowhere" quote to be quite interesting. The "citation" on the bottom of the screen when that statement gives the words, "Citizens Against Government Waste." Wow, Eric, you can't even give me an "HR" number or anything? Really? Well, maybe that's because I have absolutely no idea how Mark Neumann could have supported the bridge to nowhere though an earmark when he left Congress years before the controversy. Eric also makes it convenient to cite CAGW when in order for me to fact check this, I need to register with the website, and jump through a bunch of hoops.

Hey Democrats, Liberals, and Progressives, these guys are clearly going to know how to do negative messaging by the time one of them takes on Tammy Baldwin. Don't kid yourselves, we need to have a damn good plan to combat it otherwise we are going to have another "Ron Johnson" in the US Senate from Wisconsin. Have you noticed the Eric Hovde and Mark Neumann signs going up within the last week or two? Figure it out... we need to win this messaging war NOW, not in October.