A new ad by Americans for Prosperity asks citizens to call the office of U.S. Rep. Betsy Markey’s, D-Colo., and ask her “to start working for Colorado again.” The ad compares Markey with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – and not in a good way.

“To small businesses, Betsy Markey is the same as Nancy Pelosi,” according to the ad. “Betsy voted for cap-and-trade; the new energy taxes that would cost Colorado thousands of jobs. Markey betrayed us by voting for a government health-care plan…”

As we noted in June, the Markey/Pelosi connection may go beyond voting records. Pelosi’s former right-hand man, lobbyist Brian Wolff, said then he was taking Markey under his wing for the remainder of the election cycle.

The “$330,000 TV ad campaign against Rep. Betsy Markey [is] yet another sign that this year’s 4th Congressional District race will be one of the most fiercely contested and expensive House races in the country,” reported The Coloradoan in Fort Collins.