> Uh oh libs........Democrats now spending on anti-health-reform advertisements

Democratic candidates are spending three times more advertising against the health reform law than they are in support of it.

Since the beginning of Congress?s August recess, Democratic candidates have poured $930,000 into ads deriding the health overhaul but just $300,000 in pro-reform spots, according to Evan Tracey at Kantar Media.

?Go back to 2006, and even before that, and Democrats used health care as their No. 1 issue,? Tracey said. ?They had a villain in the pharmaceutical industry. Now that they passed this law, it?s almost disarmed them rather than given them an opportunity.?

Moreover, Tracey?s data shows that health reform opponents ? inside and outside of Congress ? are increasingly outspending supporters. Opponents now spend seven times as much on anti-reform spots as supporters spend on pro-reform spots, a marked change from early May, when their dollars only doubled those of reform advocates.

Anti-reform forces, including the Chamber for Commerce, Americans for Prosperity and Crossroads GPS, have spent $14 million on advertisements since early August, Tracey said.

At the same time, pro-reform groups have spent just $1.8 million. The most notable buy comes from the Health Information Campaign, a new-Democrat led group currently running a three-week, national ad campaign in support of the new law.



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