Following The Money: Democrats Spend Big in Southern Arizona Legislative Races

We’ve mentioned recently in The Skinny (here and here) how the Arizona Democratic Party is making a big push to flip the Arizona House of Representatives. To do it, they need to flip four seats into the Democratic column while hanging onto the gains they made in 2008.
That’s no easy task, but the Democrats are [...]

“Something” Happening Here: Obama Team Calls Arizona “Functionally Tied”

Here’s an ad you’ll be seeing a lot of in the next few days. The Obama campaign announced this morning that they believed they had “a real shot in Arizona” and would be making a major buy to run “Something,” a positive spot that’s getting play in other battleground states.
One Obama [...]

Giffords New Ad: Energy Independence

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who is facing Republican Tim Bee in Congressional District 8, has debuted a new ad focusing on energy independence. Just like her first TV ad–and as Bee has done in both of his–she makes no mention of party affiliation.

Air War: TV Ads Debut in LD 29 Seven-Way Super Slam!

Two Democrats in the crowded Legislative District 29 Seven-Way Super-Slam are using their Clean Elections bucks to air TV ads.
Ephraim Cruz shows off his weightlifting skills…

…while Daniel Patterson visits a local playground.

McCain’s New Ad: Celebrity

The McCain campaign has a new ad today: Celebrity.

New Bee TV Ad

Republican congressional candidate Tim Bee, who is challenging Democrat Gabrielle Giffords in Congressional District 8, has a new TV ad. Like his first ad, it does not mention that he is a Republican.

McCain’s New Campaign Ad: Words

Sen. John McCain debuted a new YouTube ad today that hammers Barack Obama for deciding to forego public funding for his presidential campaign.

Here’s Obama explaining why he opted out of the system:

Is this an issue that will hurt Obama? Well, it’s not as if McCain doesn’t have [...]