Senate Republicans have the Chamber of Commerce and, um, Trump. Senate Democrats have the elections weapon to beat them all.
President Obama has recorded a remarkable number of personalized television commercials for down-ballot Democrats to air across the country during the next two weeks.
“I will not be on the ballot, but everything we’ve done is going to be on the ballot,” he explained last week at a fundraiser for Ohio Senate candidate Ted Strickland. […]
POTUS will appear in closing TV spots for at least five Senate candidates and radio ads for two more: Florida’s Patrick Murphy, California's Kamala Harris, North Carolina's Deborah Ross, Pennsylvania's Katie McGinty, and Illinois’ Tammy Duckworth. He's on radio for Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto and New Hampshie's Maggie Hassan.
The spot running for Murphy features Obama speaking directly to the camera in Spanish. He carried the Sunshine State twice and narrowly won in 2012 because of strong voter registration among Puerto Ricans. Marco Rubio's narrow lead can be chalked up, in part, to the fact he is over-performing Trump among Hispanics. "Gracias, amigos," the commander-in-chief signs off at the end.
You can watch that ad for Murphy below the fold. In addition, he's done radio and television ads for nearly a dozen House members, for several governors and candidates, and headlined 21 fundraisers for down-ticket candidates. It's his legacy that's on the line here, and he most definitely wants it preserved. There might be just a bit of revenge mixed in—can you imagine how could it would feel for him to see the Republican Congress that has obstructed him for six years ousted?
Can you chip in $3 to each of these candidates to turn the Senate blue? Do it for President Obama.
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