At least on radio, Vitter ran a terrible campaign and Edwards’ campaign was silken. Vitter ran heavy handed, crass, and clearly ineffective attack ads. Edwards ran calm, reassuring schmooze ads, and more of them.
Hard to live down the whoremongering around here too. He got some last minute traction with the Syrian refugee placement, but his own lassitude, negativity, and some burden he had to carry from Jindal’s unpopularity sunk him.
This election cycle is very low energy, with very, very few people taking any pride in or boosting their candidates. I’ve seen only four bumper stickers this year, one for Hillary and THREE for SANDERS!
Weird cycle.
“Edwards ran calm, reassuring schmooze ads, and more of them.”
About the only ad Edwards ran was the prostitution ad. The other ads were merely accusing Vitter of lying.
Very much so. Edwards, 'Patriots or prostitutes,' ad was strong, but Vitter only reinforced the message with his apology ads. For every ad Edwards ran reminding voters of Vitter's dalliances, Vitter ran a response ad reinforcing the message!