Driving the news: Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Bob Casey (D-Penn.) both released ads on Friday that include images of Trump — and not to bash him, according to an Axios analysis of ads in AdImpact. "Casey bucked Biden to protect fracking and he sided with Trump to end NAFTA and put tariffs on China to stop them from cheating," the Casey campaign ad states. "Tammy Baldwin got President Trump to sign her Made in America bill," says the narrator in Baldwin's ad. Rep. Elissa Slotkin's (D-Mich.) campaign for Senate also spent more than a $1 million starting mid-August on an ad saying she "wrote a law signed by President Trump forcing drug companies to show their actual prices," according to AdImpact. MSN ------------------------------------------- It is no coincidence that these all just happen to be from the three most vulnerable rust belt states where Dems are in trouble and Trump is leading.
Oh wow, another new post from Okee. Will you resume normal life after election day, or, WAIT -- this IS your normal life. Obsessed much?
In case you aren't aware unlike some countries with parliamentary systems we do not have national elections for legislators. Senators represent their specific states and House members represent their specific districts and very often policies that benefit or hurt specific states or districts differ from those of the national party. Historically rust belt Democrats have took positions different from that of the national party. For example, Democrats from Michigan have almost always opposed CAFE auto mileage standards as well as strict emission and auto safety standards. Similarly Democrats from states with a hunting/gun culture including even the ultimate lefty Bernie Sanders has opposed certain gun control measures although he has changed his position very recently. Sanders’ gun votes again a potential liability among Democratic base By the way Democratic candidates aren't the only ones campaigning on positions that differ from that of their national party and their presidential nominee. With races tight, some House Republicans tout ‘pro-choice’ credentials