In the fall, Ron Wyden won his third Senate election with 64% of the vote. His approval rating, as measured by SurveyUSA, sits at 62%. And though he is not up for reelection for another five and a half years, he still has almost $2 million in the bank. So why is the conservative Club for Growth going after him? Per a press release yesterday:

The Club for Growth, the nation’s leading pro-growth advocacy group, today began an ad campaign to urge Senator Ron Wyden to support the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), which would open foreign markets to U.S. products, producing jobs for American workers and growing the economy in Oregon and across the country.

“Senator Wyden’s support for CAFTA is vital if we are to take advantage of the enormous opportunity it represents to ensure that U.S. companies have greater access to a market of 44 million consumers,” said Pat Toomey, President of the Club For Growth. “This ad campaign is designed to remind him - and the voters of Oregon - that his support could be the deciding factor in whether we have this important tool to help create jobs and grow our economy.”

Wyden, if memory serves me correctly, voted against the last round of trade liberalization despite the fact that he usually lines up with the pro-trade segment of his party. So if the Club for Growth thinks it will be able to easily sway Wyden with a few print ads, they might have to think again.