Ad battle begins in Colo. Sixth CD race
By: editor5/5/2008 - 6:21pm
Wil Armstrong, one of four Republicans vying for Colorado’s Sixth Congressional District seat, is taking his campaign to the airwaves for the first time.
In a TV spot that debuted today, Armstrong notes: “Professional politicians have lost touch with our priorities – raising a family, a better education for our kids, a strong economy with good jobs and a secure future for our country. We can change Congress by changing some of the resumes. We need more business experience back there. Not more professional politicians.”
Armstrong, a mortgage banker and the son of former U.S. Senator Bill Armstrong, is running against three “politicians” in the race to replace Rep. Tom Tancredo: Secretary of State Mike Coffman and state Sens. Ted Harvey and Steve Ward.
Armstrong campaign spokesman Jack Stansbery said the ad was targeted specifically at the 6th CD race, and wasn’t meant as a critique of other Republicans seeking or holding office. It plays to his candidate’s strength, he said.
“If you have the option of voting for someone with real world experience - someone with more of a business background than a political background - that's a pretty compelling contrast and pretty compelling message,” he said.
Stansbery estimated the initial cost for production and air time - on TV channels that largely serve the district - at $40,000.
The Coffman campaign has produced its own video spot, in which he bills himself as “a proven conservative leader who led Marines in combat during the first Gulf War and volunteered to serve again in Iraq."
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I think wil is the most qualified of the 3 "career politicians", the reason is because as a businessman myself, I can relate to what wil is all about. I think Wil can relate to today's residents in cd-6, because he has provided jobs and economic stability in cd-6 with his business in south denver. Wil has had to make real world decisions each and everyday in his business rather its dealing with employees,other businesses in the cd-6 to maintaining a healthy economic climate in cd-6. Wil campaign is not about himself, it's about re-energizing the Republican Party at the grass roots level by expanding it's base providing for future leaders not only for cd-6 but for the great state of colorado, so that the Republican Party can be the majority party again, so it's not about promoting a resume to continue to being a "career politican" or looking for the next political office.
Goodbye Tommy and nuts to Armstrong.
Will Armstrong "is the most qualified" to assume the district 6 seat in Congress? Since when. After years of Tancredo immigration hysteria and not much else we have another "career crusader" and the continuation of Tancredo "old time religion" running for Congress in the 6th. Give me a break. Coffman or Ward would be a saner more moderate choice for the 6th. Goodbye Tommy and good riddance. Just say "nuts" to Mr. "businessman" Armstrong running on Daddy's name.