DSCC releases web-ads targeting McConnell on gas prices

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's efforts on behalf of Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Bruce Lunsford stepped up today, just two days after Lunsford secured the party's nomination for a November race against incumbent Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Louisville).

The DSCC has unveiled a web-based advertisement that targets McConnell on gas prices.

The ads will run on two websites that offer consumers databases on gas prices across the country - GasBuddy.com and Gaspricewatch.com.

"Rather than fighting for his constituents who are facing record prices at the pump, Mitch McConnell continues to fight for the agenda of the oil industry that's making record profits,"said DSCC spokesman Matthew Miller in a release dispatched in conjunction with the ads. "Voters are tired of watching their wallets thinning at the tank while Mitch McConnell's campaign coffers are fattened by the oil companies."

The DSCC's recently published web-ad

The DSCC points to over $580,000 in contributions McConnell has received since 1989, as well as to a series of the Senator's votes dating back to 2006 that the DSCC says provided tax breaks to oil companies - among other charges - to support their ad.

Web-surfers who click on the ads are sent to a page on the DSCC's website that functions as a petition to "send a message to Mitch McConnell today and remind him that he works for the people of Kentucky, not Big Oil."

Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has acknowledged that Lunsford - a multi-millionaire Louisville businessman capable of extensive self-financing - was encouraged to jump in to what is shaping up to be a combative six month race against McConnell.