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Government Shutdown Ads Target Republicans In Swing Districts

Ads Hit Swing-District Republicans With Blame For Shutdown
Michael McAuliff
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Senior Congressional Reporter, HuffPost

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, photo Rick Hohensee of Washington holds a "Fire Congress" sign near the House steps on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new poll says Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown. The Associated Press-GfK survey finds plenty of disdain to go around as people size up the federal impasse. Most now disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling his job. And Congress? approval rating is a perilous 5 percent. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2013, photo Rick Hohensee of Washington holds a "Fire Congress" sign near the House steps on Capitol Hill in Washington. A new poll says Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown. The Associated Press-GfK survey finds plenty of disdain to go around as people size up the federal impasse. Most now disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling his job. And Congress? approval rating is a perilous 5 percent. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON -- A labor-affiliated group is targeting a new series of ads against Republicans in swing districts over the shutdown of the federal government.

The spots by Democratic-aligned Americans United for Change will hit 10 members: Tom Latham (R-Iowa), Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), Dan Benishek (R-Mich.), Lou Barletta (R-Pa.), Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), Andy Barr (R-Ky.) and Rodney Davis (R-Ill.).

Several of the targeted members of Congress are among the two dozen who were identified in a poll done for the activist MoveOn.org as being at risk because of the shutdown.

The ads are set to run through next week, and are a sign that Democrats are not only willing to use electoral politics as a tool to get the government reopened -- without meeting GOP demands to hobble Obamacare -- but also believe Republicans actually are in trouble.

Here is a sample ad:

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John Boehner

2013 Government Shutdown

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