New TV spots

Here is the closing spot for Gregg Harper.


This is a spot done for Charlie Ross by Club For Growth.

Cotton Mouth

Cotton Mouth is keeping a close eye on this race.

He has up door handouts from Harper and Landrum and Rounsaville - Door Hangers For Harper, Rounsaville and Landrum Campaigns

He also has Landrum's new commercial up along with Harper's - Republicans Promise To Kick Out The Immigrants...

The new Landrum commercial is on Youtube.

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Harper TV Ad

James Broadwater

The Meridian Star reports "Yet another Republican has announced that he will be running for the 3rd Congressional District nomination, vying for the seat that will soon be vacated by Chip Pickering. This week's new candidate is James Broadwater, a former Southern Baptist minister, of Flowood. Broadwater said in a press release Wednesday that he wants to 'end all abortion in America' and 'stop the flow of illegal immigrants into our country, and punish the business owners who hire them.' He also made statements against gay marriage and for a 'strong and ready military' that is 'free from the social experimentation of liberals.'"

James Broadwater is a perennial candidate but has something in common with Chip Pickering that none of the other candidates can claim: both have been in a Borat production.

Pickering in the Borat movie at the Pentecostal campground

Broadwater and Borat campaigning in Belhaven (very funny, must watch)

New Landrum Commercial

David Landrum has his second commercial up. It stresses his executive business experience. After his lawyers' experience with YouTube, it doesn't appear the campaign is using it. But you can see the commerical at his web site: http://www.davidlandrum.com/

Script

Landrum: I'm not a lawyer, a politician or a bureaucrat.
Narrator: David Landrum, an army veteran, successful businessman, family man.
Mrs. Landrum: David will bring something different to Washington. He has a lot of experience in life that doesn’t come from a political career it comes from growing a business, growing a family.
Narrator: David Landrum.
Landrum: I'm here as a small town Mississippian who knows what it takes to start a business and create jobs.
Narrator: David Landrum. Conservative. Republican for Congress.
Landrum: I'm David Landrum and I approved this message.

Meanwhile, B Squared has posted the anti-Landrum video.

Primerica Shot at Landrum on Youtube

"David Landrum on Lifestyles of the Rich and the Shameless" is a video on Youtube taking a shot at Landrum. The description says: "David Landrum's multi-level millions have bought houses, expensive cars, jewelry, and now, he wants to buy a congressional seat. It will be the icing on his cake."



A post of David Landrum's Primerica pitch video on Youtube was taken down. A visit to that location now says, "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Primerica Financial Services, Inc."

An email conversation on this matter with a politico with knowledge of election law matters explains the FEC has said this type of activity is protected political speech. He shared these two articles with me.

Salon.com: "Attention all hired political hucksters and hatchet men, dirty tricksters and campaign saboteurs. The Federal Election Commission has a message for you: Go forth online. Do your dirty works. Opportunity awaits. Under a little-noticed rulemaking last year, the FEC opened a loophole in the law for just the sort of videos that de Vellis created. 'Posting a video on a Web site does not result in a 'public communication' unless it is placed on another person's website for a fee,' the FEC declared in its final rules last April. That leaves presidential campaigns, party committees, political nonprofits and individuals all free to pay employees or consultants to create so-called viral videos for them. If the videos are shown as a television commercial or paid Web ad, the authors must disclose their identity, with a 'stand by your ad' statement like, 'I'm George Bush and I approve this message.' But in free postings on YouTube and other file-sharing Web sites, the FEC allows candidates and other political interests to operate without any disclosure.

Wired.com: "The Federal Election Commission decided Monday that the nation's new campaign finance law will not apply to most political activity on the internet. In a 6-0 vote, the commission decided to regulate only paid political ads placed on another person's website. The decision means that bloggers and online publications will not be covered by provisions of the new election law. Internet bloggers and individuals will therefore be able to use the internet to attack or support federal candidates without running afoul of campaign spending and contribution limits. But FEC Chairman Michael E. Toner said the new rules give a 'categorical and unqualified' exemption for all individual and group political activity on the internet, except for paid advertising.' 'The law was never intended to regulate private citizen communication on the internet,' said Commission Vice Chairman Robert D. Lenhard. 'I believe that we have achieved that goal today.' Commissioners said the new rule also specifically changes several other FEC regulations to make it clear that internet activity, such as blogging, e-mail communications and online publications, is not covered by the campaign law. For example, the rule says individuals can use union or corporate computers or other electronic devices for political activity, as long they do it on their own time and are not coerced to engage in such activity by the union or corporation. Bloggers would be entitled to the same exemption from the campaign finance law that newspapers and other traditional forms of media receive."

David Landrum on YouTube

HatTip - Y'allPolitics and MajorityInMS

David Landrum

Clarion Ledger: Madison businessman plans run for Pickering's seat

AP: Landrum announces candidacy for 3rd District: "David Landrum held a news conference Thursday at the Mississippi Republican Party headquarters in Jackson to announce his candidacy. 'I am here today, not as a lawyer, not as a politician, and not as a bureaucrat, but as a small-town Mississippian who knows what it takes to start and grow a small business, keep a budget, make a payroll and create jobs,' Landrum said in a news release."

WLBT: Landrum Enters Race for Pickering's Seat: "Landrum says he plans to fight for lower taxes for families and small business. He wants to supply our military with better equipment. And Landrum says he opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants and favors securing our borders. Introduced by his wife of 29 years, Landrum told family and supporters it was time Mississippi values are represented in Washington. 'I do not believe that Nancy Pelosi represents Mississippi's values,' Landrum said. 'With your support I will go to congress and I'll make sure our values are not compromised or forgotten.' A native of Jones County, Landrum currently lives in Madison County and owns a business."

YouTube: David Landrum and Primerica

Laurel Leader Call: Landrum makes Congressional bid: "Republican David Landrum, a Laurel native and a resident of Madison for the past 22 years, announced Thursday he is a candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives’ Third Congressional District, which includes Jones County. He made the announcement at Landrum Country Village, owned by his parents, in the Tucker’s Crossing Community. Landrum enlisted in the U. S. Army after high school, and served two years as a military policeman in Georgia and one year in Germany. He finished Jones County Junior College and the University of Southern Mississippi, working his way through college and on the GI Bill. He began work with a company out of Georgia which became Primerica Corp., part of Citi Group. 'The thing that we feel like we can bring to the table is more common sense and business leadership to Washington. I’m not an expert policy, but to me it’s about leadership.' Other areas of focus for Landrum will include economic development, border security, conservative values, sanctity of life and second amendment rights. He also opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants. 'We’re a country of immigrants who came into this country, but we did it the right way,' he said."