Just a month to go before the election and finally it's getting interesting:
-- Never in my life have I seen the number of and vehement nature of the spins on an issue as have been coming from the GOP concerning the Rep. Foley affair. This is one scandal they can't blame on the press. Or the Dems. But they sure are trying. Blame anyone and everyone but themselves. If they'd just owned up to it, quickly dealt with it and got over it, it never would have blossomed into such a brouhaha. Every party has its bad apples. Just get rid of them; don't try to blame anyone else.
But it does mean that the GOP is in even more danger of losing the House than it was a couple weeks ago. Talk about blowing it. I would have bet a bundle a month ago that the GOP would keep hold of the House. Not now. The only thing they had going for them was the moral ground. Which has turned into quicksand. The faster they pedal, the deeper they sink.
-- So far, I've seen just one - one - Tim Johnson yard sign in Champaign. Does that mean he has just one supporter left? Lotsa Gill yard signs. Lotsa Frerichs signs. A few (very few) real hard to read Meyers signs.
-- Getting tired of Naomi Jacobsson phone polls. She's sure trying hard and awkwardly for someone with no real opponent. Rex who?
-- Never seen such a schizophrenic campaign as that being run by Judy Meyers. First she tried to attack Frerichs. Didn't take. Then she tried running on her record. People checked her record. Didn't take. Then we had some 'celebrity' endorsements which basially said 'she's not as bad as they've been saying.' Didn't take.
And now, she's decided to campaign against Gov. Blago. That's not taking, either, since Frerichs has been running an anti-Blago campaign for months.
Makes more believable the rumors that a quick change in campaign leadership is coming. Heard that from more than one source lately.
-- Aren't we also having local elections? County board, for example? Talk about a stealth campaign.
And so it goes.
6 comments:
wake me up when Mikey distances himself from Blago. Thanks.
Tony Fabri, what say you?
I'd say the 'fight pension raids' line in many of his ads is a distancing from the Blago bunch, wouldn't you say, Tony? It wouldn't be too smart to be too more blatant, since once he's elected he's gonna have to deal with Blago for at least one more term. Blago may be (a lot) less than an ideal candidate for gov, but he's still better than Ronald McTopinka.
"Never seen such a schizophrenic campaign as that being run by Judy Meyers. First she tried to attack Frerichs. Didn't take. Then she tried running on her record. People checked her record. Didn't take. Then we had some 'celebrity' endorsements which basially said 'she's not as bad as they've been saying.' Didn't take."
Based on what? Sounds like its only speculation on your part.
Well of course it's speculation. But it's speculation based on talking to more than a few people and getting their impressions. The only proof will come the day after the election. Before that EVERYTHING is speculation.
So is Frerichs pro-life? Pro-choice? Does anyone know?
Pro-choice, I believe. He doesn't check in with me and I don't work for his campaign. But, unlike his opponent, he seems to be at least smart enough to look at the issue over time and then evolve. Rather than close your mind and walk in GOP lockstep.
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