The flood gates opened Tuesday when the House campaign committees began the barrage of fall television advertisements. Exactly a year ago, CQ Roll Call predicted the House's fall campaign ad wars would begin as early as mid-August, creeping back a few weeks from the traditional start around Labor Day. Now the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee and several top tier House candidates rolled out their first television spots of the cycle. To be sure, some House candidates and outside groups have already been airing general election spots. But these new television ads mark the committee's first major independent expenditures of the season — and the start of the campaign airwaves war that will only intensify through November. (more…)
