This year's candidates for governor often wait weeks before producing a new ad, but candidates in the Sixth District can't seem to send them out fast enough.
Two new ads hit the airwaves this morning from Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann and her DFL challenger Tarryl Clark. The pair have already spent more than $1 million on advertising, more than double their gubernatorial counterparts, on about a dozen spots.
Bachmann's ad highlights her votes against the bank bailouts, the stimulus and the health care bill. Clark's spot hits Bachmann for her statements on Social Security.
"Small business owners know we need to get government out of the way and let the American entrepreneurial spirit drive job creation," Bachmann says while touring what looks to be Western Spring Manufacturing in Hugo (a stop on her recent bus tour).
Notably, it is the first ad of the season that features Bachmann in person.
Clark's ad shows photos of "addicts" juxtaposed with a senior citizen to make a point about how Bachmann views Social Security benefits.
"Michele Bachmann says we need to 'wean everybody off' of Social Security," an announcer says. "Like Social Security isn't your money. Like it's an addiction you need to break."
Hot Dish looked into that "weaning" statement when it first came up in February at the Constitutional Coalition's annual conference in St. Louis. Bachmann said she wants current seniors to keep what they have, but for everyone else to be transitioned into an unspecified alternative program.
