DNC Ad Attacks McConnell In Kentucky — A Peculiar Choice

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The Democratic National Committee has this new TV ad in Kentucky, set to run on cable in the Lexington and Louisville media markets, attacking Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for having supported the Bush agenda, and now obstructing the Obama agenda:

“But this year — when it came to supporting legislation to create and protect Kentucky jobs — he said,” the announcer says, followed by audio of McConnell’s voice: “No.”

To be perfectly blunt, this seems like an odd choice of how to spend party resources. McConnell was just re-elected in 2008, and his home state of Kentucky voted for John McCain in a 58%-41% landslide.

“He should still care about what his constituents think – and hopefully it’ll send a message to others,” said DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse in an e-mail to TPM, when asked why the DNC was doing this.

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