Last week the DCCC started airing an ad clarifying Republican Pete Olson's economic stance.
The ad goes up at the perfect time. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a D.C. based group, will endorse Olson simply because he is a Republican. Not normally a big deal, but sources in the Lampson campaign point out that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce gave Lampson their Spirit of Enterprise award during the primary.
In addition, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently endorsed the Abercrombie/Peterson energy bill, a piece of legislation which Lampson had a huge role in crafting. While the chamber is going with their partisan leanings and endorsing Olson they're also endorsing Nick Lampson's energy plan designed to address our energy crisis and bring down gas prices.
Too bad the Olson tax plan would raise gas prices a dollar and hurt every day Texans.
The Lampson campaign pointed to the National Conservation, Environment, and Energy Independence Act to bring contrast between Lampson and Olson (a.k.a DeLay 2.0).
Reaching Across the Aisle - The National Conservation, Environment, and Energy Independence Act (H.R. 6709) Congressman Lampson has led bi-partisan efforts to reach compromise on a comprehensive, broadly supported bill. As a core member of the Abercrombie-Peterson Energy Working Group, Lampson helped write key measures and lobbied for additional R & D funding to be included in the legislation. The group adopted HR 6067, the Invest in Energy Independence Act, introduced by Lampson in May, as a major component of HR 6709. The Abercrombie-Peterson bill, introduced with 47 original co-sponsors, including Lampson, now has 119 co-sponsors, all added within 1 day of introduction before recess. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the legislation and is encouraging Members to become co-sponsors.
Lampson has been a dramatic improvement over Tom DeLay, and Olson represents everything wrong with DeLay and the Republican Party.
