[Speed Gibson,
Friday September 29, 2006 at 1:36am]
Still waiting for the Senate race to start
I'm frankly surprised how poorly both major party candidates are performing so far in our U. S. Senate race.
Kennedy should be taking far more advantage of Klobuchar's inexperience and rather far left stance. But he's carping more than contrasting, and not simply saying "I'm the candidate who won't raise your taxes. I, in fact, will continue the fight to make the Bush tax reforms permanent." His prior style of "get to know me" ads isn't going to help him here.
Klobuchar, though, has hit the lowest below the belt, in her current TV ad, as if Kennedy has anything whatsover to do with the crimes documented. The entire ad is pointless; what has this to do with the duties of a Senator? And would not any other County Attorney have done as well? Maybe better, as in the Edwards case? Meanwhile, her website is pure platitudes.
I'd like to hope for better from both of them in the coming weeks, but it's likely going to get worse instead.
Kennedy should be taking far more advantage of Klobuchar's inexperience and rather far left stance. But he's carping more than contrasting, and not simply saying "I'm the candidate who won't raise your taxes. I, in fact, will continue the fight to make the Bush tax reforms permanent." His prior style of "get to know me" ads isn't going to help him here.
Klobuchar, though, has hit the lowest below the belt, in her current TV ad, as if Kennedy has anything whatsover to do with the crimes documented. The entire ad is pointless; what has this to do with the duties of a Senator? And would not any other County Attorney have done as well? Maybe better, as in the Edwards case? Meanwhile, her website is pure platitudes.
I'd like to hope for better from both of them in the coming weeks, but it's likely going to get worse instead.