Willie Sutton robbed banks because that’s where the money is.  Political campaigns buy ads in election coverage because that’s where the voters are.

That’s why Andre Carson ads showed up in cable news coverage of the Presidential primaries last night.  And because the coverage focused on the Democratic battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and therefore likely attracted more Democratic viewers, it was a good spot to launch a negative attack on Republican Jon Elrod. 

By the way, the Carson campaign folks want to point out that their Bayh endorsement ad is paid for by the campaign and not the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. 

But tell me this: with a campaign manager and a press secretary supplied by the DCCC and donors directed to them by the DCCC funding the campaign, where do you draw the line?

Meantime, look for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Schellinger to launch his TV ads during special election coverage of the Carson/Elrod race next Tuesday.