CA-Sen: NRSC Denies Carly Fiorina Ad Buy Pull Back

The Daily Caller started the rumors yesterday that the NRSC (National Republican Senatorial committee) was abandoning Carly Fiorina’s campaign against Democrat Senator Barbara Boxer by cancelling an almost $ 2 million television ad buy.

I wrote this yesterday.

This is apparently NOT the case and the NRSC is making itself perfectly clear.

Sen. Barbara Boxer is still in for some $2 million worth of NRSC-funded pain before Election Day, despite multiple reports that the GOP committee is pulling back from the California Senate race. The Daily Caller first reported – and the Huffington Post hyped up – Democratic claims that the NRSC has cut its commitment to former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina’s campaign. But Republicans say that’s simply false, and what really happened is the NRSC switched its $2 million ad buy over to the Fiorina campaign’s buyer for practical reasons. “As painful as it might be for ultra-liberal activists across the country to hear, the reality is that Republicans are more confident than ever that Carly Fiorina will defeat Barbara Boxer in November,” NRSC communications director Brian Walsh told Morning Score. “And while it’s regrettable that otherwise-respectable publications like the Daily Caller and Huffington Post fell for the spin of Democrat Party operatives in Washington, the fact remains that the NRSC has publicly committed more financial resources for Carly Fiorina and Dino Rossi than national Democrats have for Barbara Boxer and Patty Murray. If anything though, this debate highlights the reality that Democrats have effectively cut loose their own candidates in Ohio, New Hampshire, Louisiana, North Carolina, Indiana, Florida, and Arkansas – all states where they have yet to commit a single dollar. Of course if they want to dispute that, we’re all ears.”

And, I have seen a greater frequency of Carly Fiorina ads on Los Angeles television both from her campaign and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. It remains to be seen as to how much television Fiorina buys over the next four weeks. But, the latest polls, even after the blistering and unanswered Boxer television blitz of the last two weeks have moved the polls only a few points and Fiorina is within striking distance.

My feeling is that Fred Davis, Fiorina’s media guru, has a few surprises in store for Barbara Boxer – and coming to a California television screen soon.