Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate in the three-way NY-23 special election, has a TV ad in which he casts both of his two opponents, moderate Republican Dede Scozzafava and Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, as advocates for George W. Bush’s tax cuts for the rich.
“I’m opposed to raising taxes on the middle class or small business in any way,” says Owens. “But I think we should get of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy. My two opponents both want to keep those tax cuts for the wealthy, even though they would add $500 billion to the deficit.”
This race has been dominated by the split in Republican ranks, between Scozzafava and Hoffman, which would seemingly hand Owens the win. However, Owens’ challenge is to maintain his own profile and contrast himself against the other two, in order to avoid being overlooked by the voters.
