Pat Toomey is now responding to a recent ad from Joe Sestak, in which the Democratic nominee in the Pennsylvania Seante race compared the Republican’s policies and the legacy of the Bush years to the fecal matter that his dog leaves behind, and which he has had to clean up.
During a friendly interview with the local Fox station in Philadelphia, Toomey was asked about the ad. “I gotta tell you, I think it’s ridiculous. First of all, I couldn’t believe that he would run an ad like that,” Toomey said.
“But the fundamental thing is that Joe wants to claim that he wants to hold everybody accountable. The person he doesn’t want to hold accountable is himself. I’ve been out of Congress for six years. He’s been in Congress the last four years. He wants to blame this mess on me. Joe’s the guy that voted against putting real regulations on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Joe’s that guy that voted for this entire agenda. And you know, so he’s gotta try these distractions to get away from his record.”
All things considered, that was a decently formulated answer on Toomey’s part. But it also says something about the ad’s efficacy — in terms of conveying the Democrats’ message that they’ve had to deal with inherited problems — that Toomey has to seriously respond to a comparison between his policies and the stuff that comes out of a dog’s rear end. And while there are certainly many factors at work here, it should be noted that Sestak has also shot up in the polls since the ad first went up.
The TPM Poll Average gives Toomey a lead of 47.0%-44.1%.
Again, here’s that ad:
