July 06, 2011 06:23 PM UTC

DCCC Robocalls Hitting Tipton's Family Ties

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• by: Colorado Pols

Roll Call, ring ring:

Each robocall is tailored to an ethical dust-up reported in the media, and the Members have all denied wrongdoing. The DCCC, trying to win back the House, presents only its version of the facts in the calls.

Residents of Tipton’s district will be told about a Denver Post report suggesting the Republican spent “thousands of taxpayer dollars on vendors working with a company that employs Tipton’s daughter and is owned by his nephew,” according to a script obtained by Roll Call…

The calls each end with a request that voters call the Members’ district offices to complain. A DCCC spokesman declined to disclose the size of the buy but said the calls will go to households with Republicans, Democrats and nonaffiliated voters, with an emphasis on convincing independents. [Pols emphasis]

Annoying but persistently effective at spreading a message, in this case freshman Rep. Scott Tipton’s recent brush with scandal over funds from his office paid to a company owned by Tipton’s nephew and employing Tipton’s daughter…robocalls can’t be recalled from thousands of voice mail boxes at the behest of a few willing talk radio executives. So there’s that.

And of course robocalls don’t cost much. But it’s worth pointing out, as we have before, that the DCCC typically spends money in the summer of an off-year where they think they can win.