Hotline Sort: Heitkamp, Staying Above the Fray
By Julie Sobel // September 13, 2012 | 8:02 a.m.
Welcome back to Hotline Sort. Obama responds to Romney's criticism, Majority PAC and the SEIU hit Tommy Thompson in a new ad, Gillibrand is still in excellent shape for reelection, and Christie gets lobbied by a Springsteen.
11) Levi Johnston now has a daughter, too: Breeze Beretta Johnston.
10) Springsteen super-fan (and New Jersey Gov.) Chris Christie is getting lobbied by The Boss's daughter.
9) Saturday Night Live has their President Obama and Mitt Romney in place for the election season: Jason Sudeikis will stay on at least through January, and continue playing Romney; and Jay Pharoah will be the new Obama, replacing Fred Armisen.
8) Barbara Carrasco, the GOP nominee in Texas's 16th District, had her office burglarized. "It looks like they knew what they were looking for," Carrasco told the El Paso Times. "They went after my laptop, ransacked my desk and files. It wasn't random selection."
Carrasco is running against Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who upset Rep. Silvestre Reyes in the Democratic primary this year.
7) In Washington's gubernatorial race, the super PAC backing former Democratic Rep. Jay Inslee (which is partially funded by the DGA), released its first TV ad, claiming GOP nominee Rob McKenna lobbied to increase his own salary while opposing an increase in the minimum wage.
6) A Quinnipiac University poll released today show Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., in excellent shape for her reelection bid: She leads GOP opponent Wendy Long 64 percent to 27 percent among likely voters.
5) In the Virginia Senate race, Democratic nominee
Tim Kaine released yet another new
television ad this morning, touting his record on energy.
4) In North Dakota's Senate race, Democratic nominee
Heidi Heitkamp is launching a new
television ad highlighting her independence, saying she stood up to President Obama on the Keystone XL pipeline and a balanced budget. "I approve this message, because I'll only answer to you," she concludes in the ad.
3) The
Boston Globe reports that in
Scott Brown's recent campaign ad he says Obama signed an insider trading bill he filed into law -- but Brown's bill was not, in fact, signed into law.
2) Majority PAC and the SEIU launched a new
television ad, saying Republican nominee
Tommy Thompson promised to cut taxes for special interests as a Washington insider. Like recent spots from the DSCC and Democratic nominee
Tammy Baldwin, this ad is focused on his time in Washington rather than his long tenure as governor. "While we're cutting coupons around the dinner table, Thompson's cutting deals around boardroom tables," says the narrator.
1) Obama returns political fire against Mitt Romney, in an interview with CBS News,
responding to Romney's criticism regarding the violence in Egypt and Libya: "And I -- you know, Governor Romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later. And as president, one of the things I've learned is you can't do that. That, you know, it's important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts. And that you've thought through the ramifications before you make 'em."
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