Christie Ads Define Buono As Corzine’s Tax Raising Partner
State Senator Barbara Buono, the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, continues to lag terribly in name recognition in various independent polls that show her losing the November general election to Governor Chris Christie by over thirty points.
Worse for ‘Dawn Quixote’ Buono, as she was dubbed by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, she can’t raise the money needed to increase her name ID and message. Numerous media reports indicate that Buono will likely be the first major party nominee not to qualify for the maximum in New Jersey’s state matching fund program for gubernatorial candidates.
Christie, who has opted out of the state matching fund program for the primary, is spending $850,000 of the $6+million he has raised to boost Buono’s name ID and define her by her record of voting to raise taxes 154 times and as former Governor Jon Corzine’s budget chair.
The $850,000 will be spent on a 30 second TV commercial and a 1 minute radio ad.
UPDATE via Monmouth University pollster Patrick Murray’s twitter feed:
Buono camp responds to Christie attack ad with very, very long email about how she was not “Corzine” budget chair. Plus sundry other facts.
Posted: May 13th, 2013 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: 2013 Election, 2013 Gubernatorial Politics, Barbara Buono, Christie Administration | Tags: Barbara Buono, Chris Christie, Political advertising | 2 Comments »