I am closely following the OH-05 Race where the Blue Majority Candidate Robin Weirauch is challenging the lackluster Republican candidate Bob Latta. Robin is finishing this final week with incredible energy and DCCC spending today suggests a high stacks game of Chicken with their Republican counter part the NRCC.
Today the DCCC billed a charge from McMahnon Squir Lapp and Associates Inc. for "production cost". This production cost could have been posted the same day as a big media buy and suggest a taunt by the DCCC. They will be advertising more in this final weekend but the NRCC doesn't know how large the buy will be. This buy will most likely be at the last possible minute and will leave the Republicans with no time to respond. They know we have an attack ad ready.
"We've made an ad; now how much are we going to spend?"
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DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
1. Opposes Candidate: Robert Latta (H8OH05036)
Office Sought: House of Representatives, Ohio District 05
Payee: Mack Crounse Group LLC
Date Expended = 12/04/2007 Amount Expended = $11144.05
Purpose: Mail Services
2. Opposes Candidate: Robert Latta (H8OH05036)
Office Sought: House of Representatives, Ohio District 05
Payee: McMahon Squier Lapp and Associates Inc.
Date Expended = 12/04/2007 Amount Expended = $4300.00
Purpose: Media Production
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
1. Opposes Candidate: ROBIN WEIRAUCH FOR CONGRESS
Office Sought: House of Representatives, Ohio District 05
Payee: STEVENS REED CURCIO & POTHOLM
Date Expended = 12/05/2007 Amount Expended = $45620.00
Purpose: Issue Ad Placement
The $45K media buy brings the NRCC's total expenditures to $370,000.
Justin Zollars