According to Politico’s Morning Score, Democratic ‘dark money’ group VoteVets will spend at least $3.3 million to support Cal Cunningham – making it the primary spender attempting to drag Cunningham’s lifeless campaign across the finish line. But Cunningham’s rhetoric about dark money couldn’t be more antithetical to how he’s running his campaign: Cunningham said he “support[s] a constitutional amendment […]
Cunningham to Outside Groups: Help!
Cal Cunningham – who is endorsed by the anti-outside money group End Citizens United and has vowed to get “big money out of politics” – quietly uploaded video b-roll and high-resolution photos to the bottom of his website over the holidays. This is widely regarded as a plea for outside groups – the same ones Cunningham […]
“Shallow Cal” Cunningham’s Flip-Flopping History with Organized Labor
“Shallow Cal” Cunningham – whose history of avoiding positions and flip-flopping is well-documented – announced an endorsement from organized labor yesterday. But Cunningham’s history with labor is complicated, due to Cunningham lying to labor leaders and causing them to endorse against him in the 2010 Senate primary. In April 2010, Cunningham told the Associated Press that […]
Washington Democrats Still Haven’t Learned Their Lesson; Back Cunningham for Senate
Democrats in Washington, DC, are really bad at picking U.S. Senate candidates in North Carolina. Exhibit A: Cal Cunningham. In 2010, the DSCC heavily recruited and supported Cal Cunningham in the Democratic primary to run against Richard Burr. However, Cunningham’s primary opponent – North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall – effectively used the endorsement against […]
ICYMI: Schumer Locks Dem Candidates in ‘Windowless Basement’ to Raise Campaign Cash
– In case you missed it, Chuck Schumer’s recruitment pitch to Democratic Senate candidates has leaked – and it includes a plan to lock candidates in a ‘windowless basement’ to avoid the public and dial for dollars. National Review: Chuck Schumer’s ‘Windowless Basement’ Strategy for Winning Back the Senate Schumer told a prospective Senate candidate in North […]