Posted on 03/31/2014 1:27:29 PM PDT by cotton1706
The YouTube video showing Ed Gillespie eviscerating Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner on ObamaCare suggests why some savvy political observers believe Gillespie will not only win the GOP nominating convention in June, but has a good shot at toppling Warner in the fall. The film is expertly crafted (revealing Gillespie’s smarts in fielding a top technical and political team) and shows the candidate knows how to land a telling political punch.
The video (see below) shows TV clips of Gillespie in 2009 and 2010 ripping into ObamaCare, insisting it is ill-conceived, costly and harmful to the supposed beneficiaries. At one point he calls ObamaCare a “monstrosity,” predicting that it’s unlikely to get better as it unfolds. The video switches to clips of Warner enthusiastically pitching the program and then pulling an Obama:
“Let me make clear. I’m not going to support a health-care reform plan that is going to take away the health-care plan that you have right now or a health-care plan you like.”
There’s more effective thumping of the senator, but the impact lets the viewer know that Warner could be in for a heckuva fight should Gillespie, the odds-on-favorite to capture the Republican senatorial nomination in Roanoke, emerge as his challenger.
(Excerpt) Read more at humanevents.com ...
I really couldn't care less about his campaign.
Northern Virginia leftists supported a clinton fundraiser for governor. Warner will not lose.
“I really couldn’t care less about his campaign.”
Neither could I but I thought it was interesting.
The only way Gillespie will make Warner sweat is by ripping out a cable from the Dem’s HQ in the Virginia summer.
Warner has an absolutely commanding lead over Gillespie.
So the choice is between a sleazy low accomplishment liberal democrat, or a sleazy low accomplishment almost liberal RINO-ublican?
Eeeeuuuuuuuuuu.......
Cuccinnelli lost by so few actual votes that VA base may turn out more voraciously. Now that that see what sitting out cost them.
COME ON, VIRGINIA!
its very very early
Virginia voters have beatified Warner as a senatorial “Sainted One.” He’s an absolute lock for reelection.
It’s about time someone started using that clip of Warner
Slam dunk for Warner.
Next.
Using Warner’s words against him early will soften his front line.
The full frontal assault will be when you have real people giving real life examples of the negative effects Obamacare has had on them personally - loss of coverage, increased OOP costs, loss of doctors and restricted access to quality health care providers, etc. Those real people juxtaposed between Warner’s broken promises about Obamacare will be devastating.
This is a multi-stage ad strategy - one attack leading to another.
No sense running the most devastating ads now because people aren’t paying attention and they will get immune to them. Hit ‘em around Sept. 15 and watch the fur fly.
Let’s not write off Gillespie just because he’s a RINO. At the very least I want Gillespie to make Warner sweat bullets.
Disagree! Mark Warner has been in hiding for the last six years; he is only at 46% in the polls and that I attribute to ‘Mark who?’
He has been the invisible man.
They won’t be turning out for Gillespie, that’s for certain.
The only liquid coming off of Marky Warner will be the spittle from his derisive laughter at thinking Ed Gillespie will come within 10-15% of him in November.
Sure he’s been hiding... all he does is lay quietly, vote with Obama and attend ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
But watch as time goes on... you’ll see what I mean.
‘Mark Warner has been an invisible man...’ How true...I’ve sent him emails since the Obamacare vote taunting him on this. An earlier thread cited an ad with a ‘keep your doctor; fire your senator’ theme. This should be applied against Warner; a weasel against whom I would vote for practically anyone.
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