Roll Call e-magazine coverage and analysis of 2014 campaigns


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EXPLANATORY NOTE by OnTheIssues.org:

Starting well before each election, candidates produce and air politicial advertisements. Since Citizens United took effect, PACs have produced many campaign ads too.

In modern campaigns, ads might be on TV, but also might be via email, web video, Tweets, or other social media.

Political pundit publications, such as The Hill and Rollcall, analyze campaign advertisements as well as campaign events (although at OnTheIssues we ignore their relentless coverage of polls; since we consider them irrelevant to normal voters and relevant only to pundits!)

OnTheIssues.org reviews those ads and analyses for relevant issue content, including opponents' responses when available. Sometimes we transcribe the ads from video or audio; sometimes we include commentary; all the time, we urge paying attention to the opponent of each advertiser too, to get the full story!

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Abortion     Cory Gardner: No Personhood Amendment; birth control over-the-counter.

Budget & Economy     Larry Pressler: Pay a little more taxes & give up some programs.

Civil Rights     Larry Pressler: Supports gay marriage.

Energy & Oil     Roy Blunt: Every GOP Senator wants Keystong XL pipeline.

Government Reform     Roy Blunt: Executive Orders bypass Congress and the Constitution.     Roy Blunt: More government creates inequality crisis of opportunity.

Health Care     Dan Sullivan: AdWatch: Washington is broken; including ObamaCare.

Immigration     Larry Pressler: 5-year path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

Principles & Values     Larry Pressler: Former three-term Senator; ran for president in 1980.     Michelle Nunn: Daughter of Sen. Sam Nunn: legacy of bipartisanship.     Richard Tisei: Iconoclast in GOP; former state Senate minority leader.     Jim Oberweis: Milk Dud: poured dairy fortune into 5 failed campaigns.     Bernie Sanders: Lost campaigns in 1972, 1974 & 1988 before winning in 1990.     Colleen Hanabusa: Lost campaigns in 2003 & 2006 before winning in 2010.     Paul Broun: Lost campaigns in 1990, 1992 & 1996 before winning in 2006.     Steve Stockman: Lost campaigns in 1990 and 1992 before winning in 1994.     Tom Udall: Lost campaigns in 1982 and 1988 before winning in 1998.     John Walsh: Appointed to Senate while running in Senate primary.     Larry Pressler: Non-conventional independent campaign to influence debate.     Larry Pressler: 1978: first Vietnam veteran elected to the Senate.

Tax Reform     Larry Pressler: Raise taxes on estates worth more than $10 million.

Welfare & Poverty     T.W. Shannon: AdWatch: Success comes from hard work, not handouts.     Roy Blunt: Obama's "Year of Action" on poverty is "more of the same".

Click for quotations from other sources by: Bernie Sanders Democratic Presidential candidate Colleen Hanabusa Hawaii Democratic candidate for Hawaii Governor Cory Gardner Republican Senate challenger Colorado Dan Sullivan Republican challenger Alaska Jim Oberweis Republican Senate Challenger Illinois John Walsh Democratic Senate Challenger Montana Larry Pressler Independent Challenger South Dakota Michelle Nunn Democratic Challenger Georgia Paul Broun Republican Challenger Georgia Richard Tisei Massachusetts Republican Lt. Gov. Challenger Roy Blunt Republican Jr Senator Missouri Steve Stockman Republican challenger (Lost primary) Texas T.W. Shannon Republican Senate Challenger Oklahoma Tom Udall Democratic Sr Senator; previously Representative New Mexico