November 16, 2009
Posted: November 16th, 2009 01:26 PM ET

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Washington (CNN) – The Democratic National Committee is targeting 32 House Republicans in a new radio ad campaign that criticizes them for voting against health care reform legislation earlier this month.

The commercials will begin running Tuesday and are aimed at Republicans in congressional districts that voted for President Obama in the 2008 election.

"Republicans have read this wrong politically," said DNC spokesman Hari Sevugan. "They think the political peril is in voting for reform. The political peril is in voting against reform and siding with big insurance companies instead of their neighbors."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was able to marshal a health care reform bill through her chamber, although not without controversy. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is expected to bring the Senate bill to the floor soon, but the fate of health care reform remains up in the air as Democrats remain divided over issues such as a government-run insurance option and abortion.

A full list of Republicans targeted in the new DNC ad after the jump:


· California Rep. Mary Bono Mack
· California Rep. Dan Lungren
· California Rep. Elton Gallegly
· California Rep. Buck McKeon
· California Rep. David Dreier
· California Rep. Ken Calvert
· California Rep. John Campbell
· California Rep. Brian Bilbray
· Delaware Rep. Mike Castle
· Florida Rep. Bill Young
· Florida Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
· Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam
· Illinois Rep. Mark Kirk
· Illinois Rep. Judy Biggert
· Illinois Rep. Don Manzullo
· Iowa Rep. Tom Latham
· Michigan Rep. Dave Camp
· Michigan Rep. Fred Upton
· Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers
· Michigan Rep. Thaddeus McCotter
· Minnesota Rep. Erik Paulsen
· Nebraska Rep. Lee Terry
· New Jersey Rep. Frank LoBiondo
· New Jersey Rep. Leonard Lance
· Ohio Rep. Pat Tiberi
· Pennsylvania Rep. Jim Gerlach
· Pennsylvania Rep. Charlie Dent
· Virginia Rep. Randy Forbes
· Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf
· Washington Rep. Dave Reichert
· Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan
· Wisconsin Rep. Tom Petri

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Franky, Land of Lincoln   November 16th, 2009 2:58 pm ET

I said you need a game changer, not an ice breaker Dems.

But that's an interesting list, considering mostly all of them were states my boy has won before, except with Nebraska, if I'm not mistaken.

Will it work? Maybe. Can it show improvement? Maybe. Will it help increase their agenda towards Health Care? Maybe. But will it change American voters? Well, that I think is open for debate.

My   November 16th, 2009 2:49 pm ET

Good, there needs to be other Tea Party and Republicans on this list!!!

sharon   November 16th, 2009 2:47 pm ET

Yep................that's right. A "NO" vote must mean they do not wish to return to office. Pass the names along and remember them at voteing time......................unless they get a grip and realize that a "NO" vote would NOT let people have the change they voted "FOR" in Nov.,2008.

terry,va   November 16th, 2009 2:47 pm ET

Man, wait until you guys see me in my rickshaw hat. I cut a deal with the Chinese. They are going to send Wal-Mart 100 million hats. I get to keep $2 for each one sold to go toward my 2012 campaign. I also got them to agree to send 100,000 Chinese criminals over to replace the Acorn workers that I had to throw under the bus.

J.P.   November 16th, 2009 2:36 pm ET

1994 was not an accident.

It is Democrats who read this wrong.

chubby   November 16th, 2009 2:31 pm ET

Go ahead and identify those Republicans who voted the way the majority of Americans feel, it can only help them and hurt the demorats.

tom in Tennessee   November 16th, 2009 2:27 pm ET

Much about this bill is totally irresponsible, it is not about health care, it is about control. Does not address tort reform or allow the purchase of insurance across state line. Once again the DNC can only promote what is good for their party and not what is good for the American people. If they really cared they would have been trying to create sensible healthe care reform instead of destroying it with a 2000 page partisan piece of garbage.

Edward   November 16th, 2009 2:24 pm ET

Why not pass the bill on the basis of what is agreed to? What is the criteria for abortion that can be agreed to that should be paid for? What is the criteria for a so-called "public option" that can be agreed to that should be paid for.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are being wasted because of these debates and/or disagreements. Let's get this agreed to and passed quickly.

Right Leaning Independent   November 16th, 2009 2:20 pm ET

The Repubs seem to understand better than the DNC! Many of us want reform but we do not want the reform being forced through Washington. We want insurance companies to be required to provide insurance to anyone regardless of a pre-existing condition. We want to prevent insurance companies from dropping high cost customers. We want to grant insurance companies the right to compete over state lines to create competition and to bring down premium costs. We want tort reform. We want Americans without insurance to have a bridge policy for a period of time until they are back on their feet. We do not want to pay for them to ride the system! We want the plan to be deficit neutral! Eliminate some other wasteful program you folks in Washington support. It is time to put your priorites in line of importance. Ramming a program down our throats that leads to more debt and government control over our health care is a prescription for disaster...

Idiot_Pelosi   November 16th, 2009 2:20 pm ET

Where's the ad against the DUMocRATS who voted for this SOCIALST tax bill?

The PELOSI house plan is such a joke, you'd have to be a complete MORON to vote for it, but we are talking DUMocRATS.

Betty Phillips   November 16th, 2009 2:19 pm ET

Dear God, lets get Nancy Pelosi out of the way.... Please answer this question, does Nancy Pelosi have a terrible case of bad breath?? She is always sucking around on her teeth, then notice how she walks? Does she think it is desirable to walk with little steps?? She appears to have a hemmorid that will not stay down or move just a little up on her. I look at her and I could honestly heave!! I pray we will be rid on the empty headed witch soon. Betty

valwayne   November 16th, 2009 2:17 pm ET

This is a good one. The Democrats actually telling people that Republicans oppose the corrupt Obamacare plan with its lies and trillions and trillions in cost. Maybe the Democrats can run ads next in Republican districts telling people that Republicans oppose Obama's plan to bring murdering terrorists to the U.S and spend hundreds of millions of dollars on O.J. like Circus trials and hundreds of millions of more dollars bringing the rest of the murdering terrorists from Gitmo to the heartland of the U.S. I can see the ad now: "Republicans oppose having a murdering terrorists living next to you, vote for Obama and the Democratic party who are bringing the murderers to live next door, and spending hundreds of million of your tax dollars to do it" Those poor Republicans are sure in trouble.

victim of republican greed   November 16th, 2009 2:14 pm ET

The GOP claims to be pro constitution, yes has no faith in our judicial system. They are pro life, yet pro war. They are alleged Christians, but choose the health insurance industry over the American People. They want small government, less government interference, yet want the government to control women's bodies. They claim to be fiscal conservatives, but had no trouble wasting hundreds of billions of dollars on an unnecessary war and bailing out the banking industry. They want to send 40,000 troops to Afghanistan to support a corrupt Kharzai administration at a cost of over $40 billion, but refuse to spend money to help Americans.

It would seem that the majority of voters should target the GOP as well.

terry,va   November 16th, 2009 2:14 pm ET

I wonder if they are going to target the 35-40 Dem's that voted against the bill? They better get control of their own before trying to blame the other party. If Obummie could lead, he wouldn't need 1 Repub to pass a bill. If he doesn't hide under his desk when he gets back from being "America's first Pacific president" and bowing before other leaders, maybe he will make decisions on Afghan etc. Before you clowns start saying that bowing is okay, name me one U.S President that has bowed to anyone. Bowing is beneath the office, but not to Obummie. He wants everyone to like him. We need a leader, a person with a spine. We don't need Mr Congeniality.

Jeff Brown in Jersey   November 16th, 2009 2:13 pm ET

We will donate Millions for progressives, not a penny for blue dogs!!!!!

Ken, AZ   November 16th, 2009 2:12 pm ET

I am a Democrat and I think the DNC should also begin running ads against Democratic members of Congress and the Senate who either voted against or plan to vote against health care reform with a public option. The only reason many of them got elected anyway is because they rode the President's coattails (Mary Landrau). In 2010, Democrats should find candidates to run against them in the primaries who are committed to representing the interest of the people. Otrherwise, what good does it do to be in the majority. Republicans got things done when they were in the majority, albeit all wrong.

Carlos   November 16th, 2009 2:10 pm ET

Good, now show us which ones voted for it, they are the socialist we are going to vote against.

Moderate Democrat   November 16th, 2009 2:07 pm ET

Republicans, you keep yelling about how you will be taking a TON of seats in the 2010 elections. You best take a good look at that list, those are area's that favor Democratic idealogies (christian Values as well, Democrat = Christian Values in ACTION not just words).

Us democrats MUST get our seats aligned with the policies we voted for, we MUST put the votes in the house that will get Health Care Reform passed. We can NOT depend on republicans to EVER do anything productive. Let us elect Democrats, "YES TO Public Option HEALTH CARE" Democrats.

There is ALOT of room for us to take a HUGE, never before seen majority in the house. The time is now, VOTE for democrats ACROSS the board and ACROSS STATE LINES.

If we wait for republicans, it will be another 150 years of doing nothing!

Enough   November 16th, 2009 2:05 pm ET

Keep it up DNC, we Don't want this disaster of a health care bill. Democrats are the clueless Gimme party. Waiting for 2010 for the bloodbath to begin.............out with the Democrats

Dominican mama 4 Obama   November 16th, 2009 2:04 pm ET

Hmmmm. Me thinks that the 'drooling liberals' have grown a pair of Wilsons! Good for them, at long last!

Fed Up   November 16th, 2009 2:02 pm ET

Go ahead and give it your best. You still have a do-nothing, tax everyone Congress, Senate and President to prove what you really are. Go ahead and try to shove more stuff down our throats. You know what the American people are thinking. The poeple are too stupid to think for themselves.

Bluebonnet   November 16th, 2009 2:01 pm ET

THE STUPID DEMS DON'T REALIZE THAT THEIR OWN PARTY DOES NOT WANT MUCH OF WHAT WAS IN THE ENORMOUSLY EXPENSIVE REFORM BILL AND NEITHER DO MANY INDEPENDENTS. For some reason, the democratic party is stupid enough to think that the only people opposing them are republicans.

Four and The Door   November 16th, 2009 1:59 pm ET

The real political peril is in spending another $1 trillion now for something that not only does not create jobs, but it raises the cost of health care in America.

The Democratic Party lost sight of what's going on in America right now. They are still too busy congratulating each other for 11'08's historic election victory.

Fitz in Texas   November 16th, 2009 1:59 pm ET

These ads by the DNC will only help these Republicans.

Melissa   November 16th, 2009 1:57 pm ET

You know, just like this behavior is childish for the Republicans, its childish for the Democrats too.

EcoAZ   November 16th, 2009 1:55 pm ET

And where are the mountains of money coming from to pay for these dirty attack ads?

Anybody?

T'SAH from Virginia   November 16th, 2009 1:54 pm ET

Ahhh, two from VIRGINIA... Let's keep that in mind during election time!!! (i never voted for them anyway!!!)

Scott   November 16th, 2009 1:53 pm ET

The Democrats are now trying to turn the fact that Republican's voted against their health care bill as siding with Big Insurance Companies. Why wouldn't it be they are just voting against a bill that is going to cause our country to become insolvent in a quicker amount of time. If you really want reform. Stop spending more money than you are making. Because you can't just print up more and make the problem go away. And the answer to America's woes won't be taxing them more to make up the deficit, because then you are just going to put a bigger burden on people who are already living pay check to pay check. And believe it or not, it's not the responsibility of the rich to provide for the rest of us, so taxing them a larger amount isn't the right thing to do either. Heck, the government can't even effectively run the stuff they are already responsible for, now you want to give them a "public option" to handle. Get Real!

Guest   November 16th, 2009 1:52 pm ET

About time the DNC starts aggressively campaigning for this bill. /facepalm! You'd think after Obama's campaign they would have a good idea how to do it. This bill won't be won in Congress. It will be won on the internet, television, and radio. Get to work Dems!

Nea   November 16th, 2009 1:50 pm ET

They need to go after the Republicans they have been playing polictics throughout this whole process. But wait a minut DNC you really need to look within your own party if this donot get pass you are the ones who will get blamed for it so you can so much blame it on the Republicans alone but it starts with you first all the Republicans wants to do is keep causing distractions so nothing will get done in a bill.Please listen to Bill Clinton!

indianadoug   November 16th, 2009 1:49 pm ET

that's funny. i think the voters in Virginia and New Jersey are a much better source than the DNC to determine who and what agenda is detrimental!

jaye   November 16th, 2009 1:49 pm ET

It's about time the democrats start fighting back at all the LIES and hate the republicans have been spreading for months.
The republicans are no better than nazis.

Richp   November 16th, 2009 1:47 pm ET

You are going to get nationalized health care whether you wan it or not, period, we, the Democrats know whats best.

Dennis   November 16th, 2009 1:46 pm ET

Are they going to run the ad against the 39 Democratic members who voted against the bill?

Patty in California   November 16th, 2009 1:45 pm ET

Palin must have a LARGE family to cover that 28%

Jane/Seattle   November 16th, 2009 1:45 pm ET

We need to target the Dems who are obstructing progress and hoping to water this bill down to nothing also. It would be the hope for making no significant change that drives so many of these corrupted legislators of both parties. NO CHANGE=Mo Money for election cash from their funders in this Corporatocracy! We must keep on them relentlessly or the big lobbies will win! We also need to fire anyone who does not back us for reforms. We need Universal Single Payer. The fact that this is so remotely NOT going to happen is also the measure of how much our government is bought and paid for right under our noses! I say NO MORE! It is ONLY WE who can stop this problem so entrenched in our government. Peace

brandon   November 16th, 2009 1:45 pm ET

Can we see the new add campaign on cnn.com?

Pee Wee   November 16th, 2009 1:42 pm ET

CNN,

How about some coverage of the first bill submitted this year that could help our democratic republic get back on track. The DeMint bill.

I think the majority of Americans will stand behind this bill, I would say in the high 90+% range. Unfortunately, the ivory tower majority in DC probably won't even put it through committee.

The discussion on that would be far more productive than the half dozen he-said/she-said Palin articles you've posted today. Are you guys getting ready for a merger with People magazine?

mjm   November 16th, 2009 1:41 pm ET

Radio ads? Where are they going to run them? Air America? That 'ought to reach 10 people.

Republicans own the air waves.

Good luck with that.

Florence   November 16th, 2009 1:40 pm ET

We already know whose pockets Republicans are in, please give us the names of the Democrats who are taking kick backs from the insurance companies. They need to be exposedm, since they’re the wolf in the sheep skin. I know Dianne Feinstein of California is one those wolfs.

Mauiharper   November 16th, 2009 1:39 pm ET

It's about time that the DNC grew a spine and started attacking the GOP for their crimes against humanity. Everybody should know how the GOP has systematically and deliberately favored big business over personal rights and freedoms. You cannot reason with a GOP, look at what happened during town hall meeting. They are a ruthless bunch of fascist pigs and the DNC has got to stop playing nice with these underhanded crooks. The GOP is not nice!

Susan Reider   November 16th, 2009 1:38 pm ET

But what about the Dems who voted against it? I'm stuck with a Blue Dog as my Congressman - can I give him back? How about a trade? Anybody have a liberal they don't want? Or I'll sell him to you - you can have Tim Holden real cheap. Just ask the insurance lobby.

Pee Wee   November 16th, 2009 1:36 pm ET

Woo-hoo! More earth shattering news! The DNC hates the RNC!

As far as abortion being included, I don't want my tax dollars funding it.

Abortion is an elective surgery, is it not? So, if you're going to cover them, you might as well include facelifts and breast augmentations and other cosmetic procedures.

If you don't agree that abortion is an elective procedure, drop the "pro-choice" and "woman's right to choose" phrases from your vernacular.

Pam from Tn.   November 16th, 2009 1:35 pm ET

Repub's..owned by Healthcare. Demo's..owned by Unions. We're all screwed!

D. Tree   November 16th, 2009 1:33 pm ET

At least the Democrat proposal will bring down the debt, get people insured, and save Americans money on health care costs.

The GOP has yet to offer a plan that does any of these things.

diridi   November 16th, 2009 1:32 pm ET

you do not need any ads...first work hard and stay together and pass health care with public option...thats it...if americans have brains...you win without any thing after 8 years of disasters in Finance, wars, ecology...etc., ok....bring back industrial sector to USA....thats it...

Silence Dogoode   November 16th, 2009 1:29 pm ET

How refreshing the DNC is targeting Republicans like the pro-life fanatics targeted the abortionists....this just goes to show you how loonly the donkey have become....

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