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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Parenting Issues / Election Ruderman's Mom Mails Another Attack Flyer

Posted by Goldy on Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:55 PM

Progress for Washington, the super PAC funded by Laura Ruderman's mom, today reported spending another $21,328.38 on a sixth mailer in Washington's closely contested 1st Congressional District race. This mailer, like four of the previous five, is reported as opposing Suzan DelBene, and brings the PAC's total reported expenditures to $217,934.

That total could be smaller, as reports indicate that the PAC may have pulled its anti-DelBene TV ad before the $75,544 buy was complete, so it's not clear whether part of the money is being repurposed to mail, or whether this represents additional resources.

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Hard to believe there's no communication between the campaign and this "independent expenditure."

Posted by 1971 on July 19, 2012 at 1:51 PM

It is also (as I suspect you very well know and characteristically decline to mention) reported as opposing Darcy Burner, lampooning her as a "loose cannon". http://publicola.com/2012/07/18/mom-stri…

Posted by gloomy gus on July 19, 2012 at 2:08 PM

Its too bad there are no actual brains behind these IE's because if they had just done positive mail for Ruderman, she might not be lagging in the polls right now. Not one piece of mail has arrived yet for Ruderman. She could have had 6 nice mail pieces already in voters hands. What a waste.

Posted by too bad on July 19, 2012 at 2:22 PM

Yeah, #3 has a really good point. I'm assuming the price of the mailer is because they are sending them to a ridiculous number of people, and it's a waste to attack one person in a highly contested primary like that. It's going to help Burner more than it will Ruderman.

Also, I suggest they get more dedicated volunteers and drive down the price of those mailers...

Posted by michael bell on July 19, 2012 at 6:00 PM