Democratic senators from six red states returned home over the weekend for the Thanksgiving recess to confront television ads connecting critics of Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court with left-wing special interests. A simultaneous message intended ultimately to reach 10 million Americans made this same point.
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This pro-Alito ad has begun playing in Arkansas, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and West Virginia. Identifying opposition to Alito with left-wing special interests is particularly unwelcome by Democratic senators up for re-election next year: Ben Nelson (Neb.), Kent Conrad (N.D.) and Robert Byrd (W.Va.). It might also trouble freshman Sen. Ken Salazar, who was elected in Colorado last year while promising not to filibuster judges, but who now says he has serious concerns with Alito.
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