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Spin Control archive for July 24, 2012

TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2012

TVW blasts Ferguson ad for AG

OLYMPIA – The Democratic candidate for state attorney general is being accused of violating TVW broadcast rules by using the government cable channel’s footage in his latest commercial. The commercial for Bob Ferguson, which only appears on the Internet, features a brief video clip of…

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Home builders backing mostly GOP

The Spokane Home Builders Association released its list of candidate endorsements this week, and they're going mostly Republican. Mike Baumgartner and Cathy McMorris Rodgers for Congress Republicans for most statewide executive office, except for Democrat Jim McIntire for state treasurer, who has no Republican opponent.…

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Campaign video: Nastiest ad?

BuzzFeed describes this commercial, from the Texas Senate race, as the Nastiest Ad of the Campaign Cycle. Understood in that is most likely "to date" because there is quite a bit of time left in this cycle to get nastier. Even so, using that superlative…

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Today's fun video: Romney is his hero

This is a very unusual political video. It's pro-Romney, although not from the Romney campaign. In fact, the Obama campaign might send it out on their Twitter feed for a few grins. But the guy really likes Romney, and really doesn't like Obama. That, and…

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