Hoosier Dem Ellsworth releases first TV ad--but does he still support anti-jobs bill?

Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN), who is running for the US Senate, launched his first television ad yesterday. In it, the man who voted against the stimulus before he voted for it decries the strength of special interests in Washington.

This is the Indiana Republican Party response to the ad:

One thing that four years in Congress teaches you is how to spin a lot of bull. Despite railing on Washington, Rep. Brad Ellsworth conveniently forgets to mention that he's served as a congressman since 2006 and voted for the very issues that have Americans so frustrated with Washington: the bailouts, the stimulus, record-setting deficit budgets and a government takeover of healthcare. Similarly, Congressman Ellsworth attempts to deceive Hoosiers and conveniently omits the fact that special interests have pumped tens of thousands of dollars into his campaign coffers. This ad serves only as a smoke and mirrors attempt to hide the fact that he has been part of the problem in Washington and would rather talk about anything other than his record there. --Indiana Republican Party Chairman Murray Clark

When the so-called Employee Free Choice was first introduced in Congress in 2007, Ellsworth was a co-sponsor and voted for it. But last year he said he was unsure about the bill. The current occupant of that Hoosier Senate seat, Democrat Evan Bayh, still supports "card check," which led to a 2009 billboard campaign against that stand.

Ellsworth: Do you still support EFCA?

Labor unions, who I suspect wrote the check bill, fit most voters definition of a special interest.

Related post:

Dem Senate candidate Brad Ellsworth and the failed stimulus

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