September 02, 2010 7:08 pm ET
American Crossroads GPS, the "shadow RNC" 527 group tied to Karl Rove, has produced a second attack ad against Robin Carnahan that recycles familiar lies about the Affordable Care Act. This time, the lies are cleverly couched in soft-focus images of a baby and a woman's voice warns that the baby might not have health care because of "the Obamacare law that could raise our health insurance premiums and cuts billions from Medicare." Cute babies don't change the facts, though. The Affordable Care Act will lower premiums for most people, and far from cutting Medicare, it strengthens the program — all while lowering the federal debt by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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September 02, 2010 2:44 pm ET
Americans for New Leadership, a 527 group founded by Tea Party activist Eric Odom, is raising money to get their "Harry Reid Is Wrong For Nevada" ad on the air. The ad accuses Reid of supporting a "$500 billion Medicare cut" that simply doesn't exist in the Affordable Care Act, and implies that Reid's support for the Recovery Act, clean energy legislation and the unpopular TARP rescue package prove that Reid is "Wrong for Nevada." In reality, Congress' response to the economic crisis pulled us back from the brink, and clean energy laws would strengthen the economy further.
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August 31, 2010 5:26 pm ET
American Crossroads, a conservative 527 group linked to Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, has produced a new ad attacking Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway and the Affordable Care Act. The ad recycles the well-worn Republican lies about "job-killing taxes," insurance premiums going up, and Medicare cuts. In reality, the Affordable Care Act will lower premiums, create jobs, strengthen Medicare without reducing benefits for seniors, improve the economy and cut the deficit.
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August 30, 2010 6:11 pm ET
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released a new campaign ad attacking Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH), the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. The ad claims that Hodes supported "a government takeover of health care" and "a job-killing energy tax," and blames the $13 trillion national debt on Hodes and the Democrats. In reality, the Affordable Care Act is not a "government takeover," the clean energy bill passed by House Democrats would create millions of American jobs, and the national debt has grown because of irresponsible policies from the Bush era.
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August 30, 2010 9:59 am ET
Sunday on Face The Nation, Republican Senate hopeful Joe Miller (AK) stoked fears about Social Security's finances and Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS) wrapped his sugary drawl around a variety of sour attacks on Democrats' economic policies. Miller claimed "the trust fund is empty," but in reality Social Security holds assets of $2.5 trillion and is solvent through the Baby Boomers' golden years. Later, Gov. Barbour dissembled about the cost-cutting Affordable Care Act — the bill actually reigns in health care spending while expanding coverage dramatically and cutting the deficit — and suggested Democrats aren't creating jobs despite the expert consensus that the Recovery Act and other measures saved millions of jobs and turned the economy around.
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August 26, 2010 6:15 pm ET
Sharron Angle has released a new campaign ad, titled "Love Triangle," attacking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Obama. The ad blames the Democrats for the bank bailout, claims the Recovery Act "failed," and suggests that progressive economic policies are responsible for "record deficits and skyrocketing unemployment." In reality, the bailout, deficits and job losses date back to the Bush administration, and the Recovery Act has improved the dismal economic situation that was created by Republicans.
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August 26, 2010 5:47 pm ET
The Republican Jewish Coalition is out with a new ad attacking Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA), the highest ranking military officer serving in Congress. The ad accuses Sestak, who signed onto a letter urging President Obama to pressure Israel into stopping its blockade of Gaza, of being anti-Israel. The claim is demonstrably false because even the Israeli government has now conceded that the blockade wasn't working and has since loosened it.
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August 25, 2010 4:56 pm ET
American Crossroads, a conservative 527 group linked to Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, has produced a new ad attacking Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan for supporting the Affordable Care Act and for not supporting a lawsuit the state's Lt. Governor has brought forth aimed at stopping the implementation of reform. The ad accuses Carnahan going against the wishes of "71% of Missouri voters" who opposed the individual mandate. But the figure is highly misleading — only 23% of voters participated in the primaries and Republicans outnumbered Democrats two to one — and takes away from the larger issue: the mandate is both constitutional and vital to reform.
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August 25, 2010 3:54 pm ET
American Crossroads, a conservative 527 group linked to Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, has produced a new ad attacking Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway for supporting the Affordable Care Act and for refusing to sue the federal government to stop its implementation. The ad accuses Conway of supporting cuts to Medicare and higher insurance premiums. But none of that is true. Worse, the ad neglects to mention the benefits of health care reform.
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August 25, 2010 2:55 pm ET
The American Future Fund has released a new ad attacking Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) for supporting the construction of an Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan. The ad states that the center would be built "at Ground Zero" and attempts to paint Imam Abdul Feisal Rauf, the leader of the project, as a terrorist sympathizer. Both claims are demonstrably false.
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