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Roadblock Roundup for July 24

And this little piggy got none
Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has raised $15 million so far for this year's election, much of it from special interests. Bruce Lunsford has put $3 million of his own money into his campaign to oust the incumbent obstructionist. Yet, McConnell is accusing Lunsford of trying to buy the election.

Shall we just assume that pro-Collins letters come from her campaign?
Turn Maine Blue has found a letter to the editor supporting Susan Collins (R-Maine) from the Co-Chair of Educators for Collins. The problem: the writer doesn't disclose her affiliation. This brings the total number of pro-Collins letters to the editor written by Republican Party higher-ups or leaders of Collins-friendly organizations to over nine in the past two months without any references as to the writers' affiliations.

With friends like that...
Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota) has released a new attack ad against Democratic challenger Al Franken, which coincidentally implies that Coleman's Republican colleague, Brian Davis, running for the House seat in the 1st District of Minnesota, is unfit for Congress. Oops!

Aren't Texans supposed to know stuff about oil?
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) claims on his website that the U.S. only imports one third of the oil it consumes, then attacks Democratic opponent Rick Noriega for offering an energy plan which would increase our dependence on foreign oil above 33% (but below the actual current figure of close to 70%).

If I lied on my job application I'd be fired
Republican running for Senate from Virginia, Jim Gilmore, has disclosed false information on his financial disclosure form. The disclosure he submitted says that he is on the board of New Hampshire-based Windmill International, a veterans contract group, when in fact he is on the board of Virginia-based Windmill International, a company whose chairman is embroiled in legal battles concerning defrauding the U.S. government for Iraq contracts.