Culberson opponent tells MoveOn to move on

The Hill:

Democratic congressional candidate in Texas is telling MoveOn.org thanks but no thanks after the group bought radio ads to aid his candidacy.

Businessman Michael Skelly (D) is a well-funded long shot against Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) in the incumbent’s Houston-area district. The district voted 64 percent for President Bush in 2004, and the ads could do more harm than good by linking the challenger to the liberal group.

MoveOn bought ads in Culberson’s and five other districts. The spots focus on opposition to offshore drilling for oil.

Skelly, who has called for lifting the ban on offshore drilling, says in the release that it is “time for MoveOn to move out of Texas.”

“MoveOn’s opposition to drilling is 100 percent wrong, and so is John Culberson’s opposition to investment in renewable energy,” Skelly said. “We need a balanced solution to our energy challenges that includes both drilling for domestic oil and investment in renewables. We have to do it all.”

MoveOn spokeswoman Ilyse Hogue distanced the group from Skelly. she said the ad is on behalf of MoveOn’s thousands of members in Culberson's district, and not Skelly’s campaign.

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I doubt that MoveOn has a thousand members in this district. I also doubt that Culberson opposes investments in renewable energy. He has been a backer of the all of the above legislation the Republicans in the House have been trying to get a vote on that Democrats are blocking.

Culberson has been one of the innovative members of the House when it comes to communications. He has a very active Twitter blog where he kept people up to date on the GOP attempt to get a vote on offshore drilling as well as his Qik video's which Pelosi was unable to suppress by turning off CSPAN.

Skelly has deep pockets but he is in a Republican district and his bigggest problem is that he is committed to voting for Pelosi for speaker and she is the one blocking a vote on offshore drilling that makes his position on that issue conflicted at best.

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