Crossroads GPS Targets Obama in KY
The conservative Crossroads GPS is up with a new issue ad on Tuesday that seeks to hang Pres. Obama and health care reform around the neck of KY SEN candidate Jack Conway (D).
The ad represents the first time American Crossroads has directly tied Obama to a Dem candidate in an ad -- and it's one of the few anywhere that prominently highlights health care. The ad shows Conway and Obama riding in a car together.
"Obamacare is the wrong way for Kentucky," the ad's narrator says. "And Jack Conway is going the wrong way too."
The ad goes on to criticize health care reform for increasing taxes and creating higher insurance premiums.
Crossroads GPS has had a slew of ads up recently. They are also on the air in the Missouri Senate race, attacking Robin Carnahan (D) and in Nevada against Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). They have also aired ads attacking Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and in Pennsylvania against SEN nominee Rep. Joe Sestak (D).
Obama is a serious problem for Conway as he faces Rand Paul (R). Obama only won 41 percent of the vote in Kentucky in 2008 -- one of his worst performances in any state -- and his approval has only dipped further in the Bluegrass State since. The ad is part of a $520K ad buy American Crossroads had made in the state.