Mike Prendergast Links Kathy Castor to Nancy Pelosi

Republican Mike Prendergast, a retired Army officer, hammered Democratic rival U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor on Tuesday, attempting to link her to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

When Representative Nancy Pelosi gave her inaugural address as speaker of the House in 2007, she vowed there would be no new deficit spending, wrote Prendergast to supporters. Since that day, the national debt has increased by $5 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department. Castor and Pelosi equal more spending for them and less take home pay for us. Let's send them packing!

While Prendergast is an underdog to defeat Castor, he has won a good deal of attention from national Republicans -- including former Gov. Jeb Bush and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich.