Projo Politics Blog

While recent polls put Sheldon Whitehouse as many as 10 points ahead of the incumbent Republican Lincoln Chafee, an article in today's Roll Call cites evidence that the national senatorial campaigns haven't written this one off:

"Republican Senate losses in Pennsylvania and Ohio appear all but certain, but GOP strategists say that with a week to go, new investments of resources in the races involving embattled Sens. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) and Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) is proof that the re-election chances of neither should be written off.

Also last week, the DSCC put $930,000 into an ad buy in Rhode Island, a sign Republicans tout as evidence that Chafee can’t be counted out in his bid against former state Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse (D)."

Later in the same article, Roll Call lists the huge disparity in money spent by Democrats in national races during the first half of October.

"From Oct. 1 to 18, the DSCC outspent the NRSC $22.46 million to $6.75 million. The Republican National Committee has made up the gap by investing heavily in the three 'firewall' races in Missouri, Tennessee and Virginia. As of Oct. 18, the NRSC had $8.9 million on hand, while the DSCC had almost $9.7 million."

-- Projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

Comments

Pat said:

If this is true, then where are the Republican Campaigners? Chafee and Carcieri have NOTHING listed on their sites and have not submitted anything to your blog either...

http://pat-crowley.org/blog/?p=194

Link | October 31, 2006 2:38 PM
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