Warren Calls On Brown to Send Banking SuperPAC Packing
Monday, August 27, 2012
An August 23 article in National Mortgage News revealed that the SuperPAC Friends of Traditional Banking was considering an ad run attacking Warren for her involvement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
It was unclear how extensive of an ad campaign the group was contemplating.
The People's Pledge
In January of this year, both Warren and Republican Senator Scott Brown signed what has become known as "The People's Pledge," under which the candidates foreswore attack ads funded by outside interest groups.
If such a group does buy ads to help either Warren or Brown, the benefiting candidate must then make a donation equal to half the amount spent on the ads to a charity of his or her opponent's choice.
"The People's Pledge has helped make sure that voters hear directly from Elizabeth and Republican Scott Brown without the interference of outside groups," said Mindy Myers, Warren's campaign manager.
In a letter addressed to Matt Packard, chairman of Friends of Traditional Banking, Warren wrote, "I believe that differences between my opponent and me on these issues are best debated between us and not via heavy ad spending from outside groups."
Warren also noted that Brown has made donations to the Autism Consortium twice this year after third-party groups ran ads supporting him in the Senate race.
Outside Ads Costly for Brown
According to Brown's Communications Director Colin Reed, the campaign has sent Friends of Traditional Banking a copy of the memo Brown distributed to outside political groups back in March.
That letter, penned by Campaign Manager Jim Barnett, said third-party spending would hurt Brown's re-election efforts, and that the Senator had already paid penalties in excess of $35,000 due to outside ads.
"This race is exactly where Senator Brown wants it to be -- a one-on-one race between himself and Professor Warren," Barnett wrote.
"Now all he needs is for those who support him to let him win it."
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Comments:
Iron Mike Farquhar
8:23am on Monday, August 27, 2012
After a lifetime of claiming to be a Cherokee, of publishing a book using fudged and flawed [then destroyed] data – which just got her 'research' partner Teresa Sullivan fired as Prez of UnivVA – and after flipping 20-some foreclosed homes in Oklahoma;– just HOW does this lifetime fraud pretend to be standing on the high ground?
I've witnessed the SEIU thugs out campaigning for her. She has no shame. She fails to meet even the exceptionally low standards American Voters have set for politicians.
Harvey Beehive
1:00pm on Monday, August 27, 2012
Iron Mike....Lying Lizzie wouldn't know the truth if it slapped her across her three-sided face.
Stephen Quist
9:19am on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
'lying lizzy warren' doesn't even want to be our us Senator from Massachusetts. Nevada Senator Harold Reid had to cajole, twists arms and convince 'lyin lizzy warren' that she 'wanted' to be our US Senator.
I don't know about anyone else but I will damn sure not vote for anyone harry reid endorses............Massachusetts does not need the advice of a Nevadian.........