In Pennsylvania, Round One Goes to Specter – Roll Call

In Pennsylvania, Round One Goes to Specter

By Bill Pascoe and CQ Guest Columnist

Posted April 14, 2009 at 12:00am

paid to air $100,000 worth of attack ads
Club for Growth,
Specter’s ads were inaccurate.
a letter
this time pointing out
barely known at all
Bill Pascoe is CEO of The Foundation for American Freedom a conservative think tank headquartered in Alexandria, Va. This column is drawn from “In The Right,”, a new addition to the CQ Politics Insiders Network.

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