TPM Reader DR from Duckworthland …
I live in the Chicagoland Area. Last week, I saw two ads that for some reason a station played back to back. First was a Tammy Duckworth ad that was all about Tammy Duckworth. Then came a Peter Roskam ad that was all about Tammy Duckworth.
Positive ads come off as fluff. Negative ads give people a reason to vote a certain way. In the ad I saw, the reason was that Tammy Duckworth is going to give social security money to illegal aliens.
Are Democrats afraid to go negative? Do the people making the ads realize how unpopular the Republican Party is right now? Here in Illinois, we are about to reelect a corrupt Governor. The only thing he has going for him is that he is not a Republican. In this environment, negative ads against Republicans will work. What are we waiting for?
People are already voting. The last-second blitzes should be going on now.
Roskam is really the worst of the worst this year. Do they let him squeak through?
