The National Republican Senatorial Committee is dropping a massive $3 million TV ad buy in California this week, committee sources tell Hotline On Call.
With this ad buy, the NRSC's will have spent nearly $8 million in support of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina's (R) campaign. The spending is also a sure sign that the NRSC believes it has a good shot of knocking off Boxer.
Babs isn't taking this news lying down, however:
Not to be outdone, the Boxer campaign is launching an even larger $4 million dollar ad buy this week, according to campaign sources. The buy should virtually blanket the state's airwaves.
"We are on the air in ten media markets including Spanish language stations," said Rose Kapolczynski, Boxer's campaign manager.
Rasmussen's latest poll pegs the race as a dead heat. Here's Carly Fiorina's latest campaign ad, hitting Senator M'am: