Same-old same-old: another in an unbroken series of Advantage: Republican weeks for Mayday PAC.
With seven weeks of spending behind it and just six more to go before the election, anti-PAC Mayday PAC continues to look like a movement devoid of a strategy and overwhelmed with indecision. This past week saw the PAC spend just $74,000 (less than 1% of its $7.9 million haul to date), all on mailers and online ads for Carol Shea-Porter (D; NH-01).
From inception through Sept. 25th, Mayday's independent ad spending totals just $1.67 million, divided as follows:
Pro-Republicans: $1,324,838
Pro-Democrats: $343,335
Advantage*: Republicans 59% (down from 66% last week)
*Advantage is calculated as (ER - ED) / ET where ER = expenditures favoring Republicans, ED = expenditures favoring Democrats, and ET = total expenditures.
Again this week, the most notable Mayday news was what didn't happen: once again, Mayday spent nothing (zero, zip, bupkis, nada, zilch, nuttin') on Staci Appel's (D; IA-03) hard-fought Iowa campaign. Mayday's total neglect of Appel (it has yet to spend its first penny on her) is a particularly striking failure given that she is locked in a neck-and-neck race where a few extra bucks might just make a difference: a Sept. 15 poll sponsored by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee shows her leading her Republican opponent, David Young, 47% to 44%. Given the poll's 3-point margin of error the race is, statistically, a dead heat. Young and his mouthpiece, the Iowa Republican, have recently gone crazy-negative against Appel, accusing her of being soft on terrorism and a flower pot supporter.
If there was ever a contest that could benefit from an injection of a little serious adult discussion of real issues right now, it's IA-03. But instead, Mayday spent last week again focusing on crisis management by polishing its 'cool' factor with the kids, announcing a contest for the best 30-second video produced by a Mayday supporter, to be judged by Mr. Sulu and George Costanza.
Go figger.