The League of Conservation Voters is going on the air very early in the 2010 Missouri Senate race, where GOP Senator Kit Bond is retiring and the election is expected to be very close.
The LCV has this new statewide ad hitting Rep. Roy Blunt, the frontrunner for the Republican nomination, for saying no to clean energy projects — and holding America back:
“Call Roy Blunt,” the announcer says, “and tell him it’s time to start believing in America again.” Now that the Democrats are the ones in power, it’s the liberals who are playing the flag-waving card against the GOP, a reversal from the past eight years.
The ad is running statewide, with a heavy focus in Blunt’s home town of Springfield.
Late Update: Blunt spokesman Nick Simpson gives us this statement:
“Congressman Blunt led the fight last year for an all-of-the-above energy strategy that included more job-creating American production, more conservation and more alternative fuels. The Democrat majority, however, tried to block every Republican attempt to even debate the need for a new national energy policy. It seems this ad supports Mr. Blunt’s position.”
