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Americans United For Change and AFSCME are launching a new television ad on national cable and in the Washington market tomorrow that links congressional Republicans to Rush Limbaugh, who declared that he wants Pres. Obama to fail.
"Rush Limbaugh is the leader of the Republican party," said Brad Woodhouse, a spokesman for Americans United for Change and the incoming communications director for the Democratic National Committee. "He says jump and they say how high. He is better known among Republicans than any of the leaders, and when he speaks they listen and follow, just as they did on the recovery package. If you look at the polls he led them off a political cliff on the recovery package, and now they are - at his instruction - lining up to oppose the Obama budget and the rest of his agenda."
With the GOP without a clear national leader -- and many lawmakers vying for the job -- this is an effort by these progressive groups to make the Republicans own the often divisive and vitriolic Limbaugh. I understand that Paul Begala and James Carville, among other top Democratic strategists, have been involved in crafting this strategy and ad campaign.
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
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