Richard Blumenthal and Linda McMahon met for their first debate tonight. And it was pretty lively. Here’s our report.
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TPM Reader TK uncorks the clever:
Wouldn’t it be awesome if this were not just a one-off ad, but a whole add campaign?
I would love to see a string of similar-themed adds that all started differently:
“I’m not Bozo… I’m you.”
“I’m not a meatball away from being a Hare Krishna… I’m you.”
“I’m not the Chinese enemy… I’m you.
“I’m not a mouse with a genetically implanted human brain… I’m you.”
You could literally do a new one or two every week until the election.
In this election cycle of perpetual lows, achieving a new low is a serious accomplishment. But we’ve got one. An independent group is running ads against 14-term Rep. Nick Rahall (D) of West Viriginia blasting him for chairing a group called ‘Arab Americans for Obama’ back in 2008. Rahall is a Christian Arab-American of Lebanese descent who was born in West Virginia.
With the most remarkable opening line of any campaign ad I’ve ever heard, Christine O’Donnell’s first TV ad is out. Watch.
Late Update: I have to say: what if you are a witch? I guess this ad doesn’t apply to you then. Very exclusionary — jmm.
Christine O’Donnell’s father denies to the New York Times that he was Bozo the Clown — okay, okay — denies that he was an officially certified Bozo the Clown.
It looks like one of Harry Reid’s attack ads contains false information. And it’s hardly surprising since he (or his ad makers) relied on a highly dubious source of information: Sharron Angle.
Cantor says ‘We don’t want to be seen as a bunch of yahoos’ promising to shut down the government.
We’ve got another new congressional generic just out today. This one from Rasmussen and it shows a 3 point spread for the GOP — GOP 45%, Dems 42%. But the context is important. Last week Rasmussen had a 6 point margin. And for most of the summer their number has hovered around 10 points or higher in the GOP’s favor. In other words, going by their past averages, Friday’s Newsweek poll and today’s from Rasmussen are pretty consistent.
The TPM Poll Average for the congressional generic now stands at +1.9 GOP.
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