The Internet Boucher Delivered Buoys His Opponents

As one of Congress' foremost voices on telecommunications, Rep Rick Boucher (D-VA) played a pivotal role in bringing high-speed Internet connectivity to his rural district in southwest Virginia. Now, with his reelection on the line, his political opponents have turned to the Web in their aggressive push to derail his 28-year run in Congress.

Rep Boucher fires back on his reelection site with a gallery of campaign videos featuring no-nonsense testimonials from rugged coal miners and veterans. Some of the ads tout the technology companies he's lured to his district over the years to create an estimated 5000 jobs, including AT&T, DirecTV, Dish Network, XM Satellite Radio and Verizon.