Republicans take fight to Obama's turf

Politico

>House Republicans are wrapping up the summer break on an aggressive note, taking the fight to President Barack Obama’s home turf.

>Next week, the National Republican Congressional Committee will begin airing a TV ad in northern Illinois slamming Obama for his health care overhaul push.

>”President Obama and Nancy Pelosi are cooking up a risky experiment.on health care. Higher costs. Tax hikes. And get this: massive cuts to Medicare,” the ad says.

>The ad is part of a nationwide offensive by the House GOP campaign arm, which is also airing TV and radio ads in Alabama, Colorado, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico and Pennsylvania. The NRCC declined to disclose how much it was spending on the campaign. The Foster ad is set to air on Illinois cable TV for a week.

>The Illinois ad targets Bill Foster, a Democrat who is serving his first full term in the House. Obama won 55 percent of the vote in Foster’s northern Illinois district in November’s presidential election.