Wrong for Pennsylvania

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) announced its first independent expenditure television advertisement in Pennsylvania today, entitled "Interview." The NRSC’s new ad highlights U.S. Representative Joe Sestak’s (D-PA) far-left positions on a number of critical issues facing his state, including the stimulus debacle, job-killing cap-and-tax legislation, and President Barack Obama’s costly health care bill.

NRSC Press Secretary Amber Marchand issued the following statement today:

"Not only is Congressman Joe Sestak to the far-left of his party, but he is simply too extreme for voters in Pennsylvania. On the failed $787 billion stimulus debacle, Sestak wanted to spend even more. On health care, Sestak advocated for a massive government takeover. And Sestak not only supports his party’s job-killing cap-and-tax legislation, but he called for the bill to go even further. Joe Sestak is too liberal for the Keystone State, and he will continue to fight for the fringe-left agenda if he’s promoted to the U.S. Senate in November - not for Pennsylvanians’ best interests."

National Journal’s Hotline On Call reports today:

NRSC Blitzes Sestak: The NRSC is going up with its first IE ad in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. The ad, provided to Hotline On Call, hits Rep. Joe Sestak (D) hard on the stimulus, health care reform and cap and trade, using clips of Sestak interviews. "What did Joe Sestak think of the stimulus bill that failed to create jobs?," the narrator asks. "It's the minimum amount needed, I would have voted for $1 trillion," Sestak responds. On health care reform: "Hard for me to vote for a bill that doesn't have a public health care option in it," Sestak says. On cap and trade: "I pushed hard for the cap and trade bill." "There's left. There's far left. And then there's Joe Sestak," the ad concludes...While it is the first time the NRSC has launched its own ad in the Pennsylvania race, it is worth keeping in mind that the committee has already given $1.7M to former Rep. Pat Toomey's (R) campaign in coordinated campaign funds.