National Grid is out with a couple of radio ads urging upstate state senators–Republican George Maziarz and Democrat William Stachowski in one ad, and Democrat David Valesky in another–to oppose a “prevailing wage” bill they say will increase the cost of delivering electricity.
The ad stresses that the bill would benefit Read More
Republicans are coming out swinging at Demorats before the midterm elections: Obama is featured in this ad by challenger Randy Altschuler, who is looking to unseat Rep. Tim Bishop on Long Island.
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for,” Obama says.
“Was the wait worth it?” a narrator asks.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s Democratic challenger, Reshma Saujani, is out in the field with
Randy Altschuler, a Republican in Suffolk County, who is hoping to win the three-way primary on Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop, takes a dig at two government bureaucracies.
“How come the only jobs we seem to have created are for IRS agents and Census takers?” he asks.
The main concern of Steve Levy’s campaign is getting enough Republican Party support to appear on the GOP ballot, and the launch of radio ads today is a shot across the party at poll-leader Rick Lazio, who trails in fund-raising.
The message Levy is sending with the radio ads, according to a campaign Read More
Who isn’t abusing that Shepard-Fairy Obama design? This one I noticed in west midtown yesterday.
Representative Michael Arcuri is being targeted by the NRCC, because “now he can’t even decide if he wants to run for re-election.” It’s a theme that some, like Liz, have been focusing on.
Arcuri angered the left by not voting in favor of the health care reform legislation, and could be Read More
Michael Bloomberg released a new ad urging Congress to close the gun show loophole, noting it’s how the Columbine shooters obtained their weapons.
The ad also features footage of one Republican and one Democrat who had previously expressed closing the loophole: John McCain and Barack Obama.
If he wasn’t threatening to put $10 million into his campaign, I’m not sure how much attention Carl Paladino would still be getting.
In his latest video, Paladino says “I am not a racist” and goes on to attack “career politicians and their allies in the liberal media.”
But he is energizing one Read More
Echoing Michael Bloomberg’s strategy of advocating for legislative changes that could unlock federal money, education advocates released this statewide ad, which says:
“Albany can still get the money from Washington by raising the cap on charter public schools and demanding greater accountability from teachers in the classroom.”
Here’s the script:
“When the teachers Read More
