Posted on 09/19/2014 4:31:15 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic
Democratic operative Guy Cecil was living in Sen. Michael Bennet's basement four years ago, trying to pinch every last penny and salvage his boss's appointed seat in the U.S. Senate. It was then that the Bennet campaign hatched the political plan that would save his job: relentlessly focusing on abortion and contraception to cast his GOP opponent as an extremist.
Today, Cecil and Bennet are reunited as the top strategist and chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. And together they are recycling the same abortion playbook they wrote in 2010—this time to rescue another vulnerable incumbent, Sen. Mark Udall, in a race Democrats must win if they stand any chance of holding the Senate.
For months, Udall and his allies have hammered Republican Rep. Cory Gardner with a deluge of ads on abortion and contraception. "Why do guys like Cory Gardner think it's their business to tell women what do?" asked a woman in an ad the DSCC paid nearly $1 million to air in August. Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards came to the state to campaign with Udall earlier this month. And when Udall had an opportunity to pose just one question to Gardner at their first debate recently, he asked: "Congressman, when it comes to a woman's reproductive rights and women's health, how can women and families trust you?"
Nowhere else is abortion playing so prominent and pervasive a role.
"According to Mark Udall, the only issue that the United States Senate votes on is abortion," said Dick Wadhams, a GOP strategist and former state GOP chairman. "That's the only message one can draw from his campaign so far."
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Well, the gun control thing and the anti-capital punishment things worked so well, I say GO FOR IT!
It won’t work because Gardner is smart enough to see the forest for the trees.
After 6 weeks of these bogus ads, Corey is up by 8 points.
The author is making a feeble attempt to ignite the Dem’s campaign.
The OBozos have spent millions and have squat to show for it.
Udall has been defined as bad and too extreme for Colorado.
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