The Republican Party of Virginia is releasing this ad about Rep. Rick Boucher (D-9th) and his “friendship” with Pres. Barack Obama.
Of the video, RPV says:
“Friends are truly rare and special gifts. No one knows that better than Rick Boucher and his best friend President Obama. Rick and President Obama’s friendship is a deep one, so deep that Rick wrote President Obama’s vision for cap and trade into a bill that would kill thousands of jobs in his own district,” the party said. “In fact, Rick has voted for President Obama’s agenda 96.6% of the time.”
No surprise to see this kind of relationship highlighted against the 14-term incumbent, Boucher, who is being challenged by Republican Morgan Griffith.
In 2008, Obama only received 39.8% of the Ninth District votes, despite winning the state – the first Democrat to do so since 1964. Boucher did not have a record to run on with the administration at the time and was unopposed.
For the first time in awhile, Boucher is going to have to defend his voting record to his constituents – a voting record that’s awfully cozy with an already unpopular administration in the district.
