Governor Chet Culver’s campaign launched its first television commercial of the general election:
When the Republican State Auditor says a Republican Governor ‘Cooked the books’ and “kept two sets of books”… you take notice.
As Governor Terry Branstad admitted, “the books were never balanced.”
The state was so broke they couldn’t pay their bills.
Branstad doubled state spending, raised the state’s sales tax, raised the gas tax, even wanted to tax social security.
Cooked books, deficit spending, increased taxes.
Terry Branstad, a record not worth repeating.
If Culver were in a stronger political position, he’d probably lead off with a commercial highlighting his own record–something like the ad his campaign briefly ran last fall. However, Branstad’s been above 50 percent in several recent polls, and that number needs to come down. Branstad has been offering Iowans an airbrushed version of his own record, and this commercial brings up what Branstad wants Iowans to forget. The Culver campaign presents supporting facts and background here.
After the jump I’ve posted the Branstad campaign’s reaction to this ad and the Culver campaign’s rapid response. Note that Branstad’s people are yet again lying about an alleged billion-dollar budget gap.
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