GOP Senate Campaigns Running Out Of Money.

[kpete]

Republican campaigns for U.S. Senate candidates are now running out of money as the election draws near.

“Senate Republicans, whose fragile majority has been threatened by Donald Trump’s tanking presidential bid, are suddenly confronting another problem: a lack of cash.


Republicans are set to be massively outspent on TV ads in seven of the eight states that are likely to decide control of the chamber. The spending disadvantage could badly hinder the GOP’s prospects, and it has led to growing frustration among the party’s top strategists — many of whom are convinced it’s long past time to cut Trump loose and focus almost exclusively on preserving the Senate majority.”


Republicans say they are particularly concerned that Democrats will use their financial advantage to tie the GOP candidates to an increasingly toxic Trump, who is now besieged by numerous accusations of sexual assault. In the New Hampshire Senate race — where Democrats have seized on GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s errant debate comment that Trump “absolutely” was a role model for children, which she hastily retracted — Democrats have booked nearly $16 million of TV airtime between Oct. 11 and Nov. 8, while Republicans have set aside over $12 million, according to a media tracking source. In Indiana, where another key contest is unfolding, Democrats are set to air over $7 million worth of commercials during the same time frame, while Republicans have booked around $4 million.

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[irisblue]

1. good. suffer hard and long.

[Solly Mack]

2. Excellent.

[underpants]

3. Romney AND Trump ran low before their nominations and now this

and they want to handle OUR money?

[Takket]

4. campain ads

its funny because i've actually pictured those attack ads, you know where its black and white video and they tell you all the horrible things about candidate X in that sinister narrators voice....

i though an add would be great with the sinister voice saying "So and so wants to take away a woman's right to choose, and give tax breaks to billionaires. But that isn't all. So and so even supports Donald Trump (voice now incredulous). Can we really trust someone that supports a madman?" lol

[brer cat]

5. Maybe they should have a bake sale

or a gofundme account.

[Wounded Bear]

6. They say that like it's a bad thing....

[ailsagirl]

7. LOL

[Warren DeMontague]

8. Oh no!

gee, whiz, that's really a shame.

[Wounded Bear]

9. Yeah...

Three fiddles worth.

[Peaches999]

10. I think the reason the GOP is dumping Trump is to shore up cash for the Senate

After Citizens United, we don't know how much is being spent on political races.