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Vulnerable Democratic Sen. Hagan runs anti-Obamacare attack ads against GOP contender

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Sunday, May 11, 2014 12:36 PM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


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CONOVER, N.C. — The fliers landed in the mailboxes of Republican voters here last week with a warning likely to unnerve many conservatives.

Thom Tillis, the Republican front-runner for a U.S. Senate seat, once called President Obama’s health-care law “a great idea,” the mailer said. The assertion echoed recent radio ads that also seem to question Tillis’s adherence to the orthodoxy of a party that has made its opposition to the Affordable Care Act a centerpiece of its midterm-election strategy.

But the warnings didn’t come from any of the seven opponents Tillis will face in Tuesday’s GOP primary, where he has been regularly attacked as not conservative enough. Instead, they were paid for by Sen. Kay Hagan, a Democrat who will face the eventual GOP nominee in November.

Hagan supports the health-care law but she is taking the unusual step of spending money on advertisements designed to appeal to Republican voters who are skeptical of the measure. The maneuver is apparently intended to undermine enthusiasm in the GOP base for the Republican who is considered her strongest potential challenger in November.

In attacking a possible rival still embroiled in a primary contest, Hagan is embracing at least a variation of a tactic other vulnerable Democratic senators have used successfully in recent elections. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) and Sen. Claire McCaskill (Mo.), who initially faced difficult reelection odds in 2010 and 2012, respectively, found ways to reach into GOP primaries and help weaker candidates emerge as their challengers.



More at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/vulnerable-democratic-sen-kagan
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Didn't work. Tillis won the Republican Primary.

Kind'a have to wonder about the ethics of mailing out campaign literature that's against your stated positions to try to affect the other party's election.

Does that seem right to you?

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Sunday, May 11, 2014 12:40 PM

WHOZIT


Does she mention he didn't vote for it?

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