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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

2012 / Money Bob Ferguson Is Running Against Karl Rove and Reagan Dunn

Posted by Goldy on Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 8:22 AM

While everybody's been paying attention to presidential and gubernatorial races, a Karl Rove-run Super PAC has been attempting to steal the attorney general's race with a couple million dollars in deceptive ads. Democrat Bob Ferguson has been leading Republican Reagan Dunn in the polls since this summer, but Dunn has enjoyed an overwhelming advantage on the air in recent weeks, thanks to out-of-state Super PAC spending.

Remember, this is exactly how Rob McKenna became the GOP's best shot at winning the governor's mansion since 1980. Eight years ago the US Chamber of Commerce spent big in the AG's race to trash Deborah Senn and boost McKenna into office. Now the same right-wing forces are conspiring to do the same for Dunn. And if Democrats aren't careful, eight years from now we could be paying the price.

Ferguson is now finally up on the air with his own ad (below), but he can't fight Karl Rove on his own. So if you were planning to send him some spare change, now would be a good time.

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Goldy I have a question, was the fact that the PI endorsed Rob and the talk that Senn had major issues due to these attacks?

Posted by Seattle14 on October 17, 2012 at 9:51 AM

Reagan Dunn is not only a back up option for having a Republican governor - he could potentially head for the white house after being governor. We need to stymie this effort early and elect instead one of the most honest politicians I've ever met, Bob Ferguson. DONATE!!

Posted by Bigsfrottin on October 17, 2012 at 9:57 AM

Deborah Senn was a simpering idiot and Bob Ferguson is a badass with a spine of steel. We will have to work hard and maybe still lose because of the outside money but the 2004 comparison is hardly valid. Also note that Ferguson also got a $900,000 IE himself from a national group so at least he will have a little IE air cover to help. I still gave an extra $50 though.

Posted by c'mon girlfriend on October 17, 2012 at 10:51 AM

Pretty fucking scary just how far Karl Rove, Kemper Freeman, Rupert Murdoch, and Seattle Times are willing to lie to get their stooges Rob McKenna, Reagan Dunn, Kim Wyman, and John Koster "elected". If you only listen to these Republicans, you'd think it's a bad thing for Bob Ferguson to believe everyone has a right to defense and it's a bad thing for Kathleen Drew to believe that every eligible American citizen should vote. You'd think it's terrible that Jay Inslee wants more poor people to get medical coverage - in Republican districts, no less! Reminds me of the book 1984, where good is bad, bad is good, and we are just sheep. Why is Karl Rove so hell-bent on rigging the elections in our state? Could it be that there are resources and people to be plundered, after they've turned all the Southern states into toxin and polluted back waters?

Posted by Occupy Seattle on October 21, 2012 at 10:42 PM