Good Lord, how could anyone....
Posted on 08/28/2012 9:05:37 AM PDT by SMGFan
The successful comedic recipe of tragedy-plus-timing can spell disaster in politics. A mistake late in the race can be a game changer. A gaffe that may sound like a career-ender may be forgotten by the electorate a few months later.
So Republicans look like they have a chance to get the last laugh in Michigan, even as their chances in Missouri are looking more like a lead balloon. Former Republican Rep. Pete Hoekstra, left for dead after his infamous "Debbie Spend-it-now" Super Bowl ad, has been clawing his way back and is now in a statistical dead heat with two-term Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. According to a Mitchell Research and Communications poll conducted last week, Hoekstra leads Stabenow, 45 percent to 44 percent. Earlier this month, a survey by Foster McCollum White Baydoun had Hoekstra up by 2 percentage points. A poll by the Detroit News had Stabenow up 7 points. It all represents a dramatic change from just a few months ago.
Many thought Hoekstra was mortally wounded after the "Spend-it-now" commercial, his attempt at a big splash introduction. The spot featured an Asian actress praising Sen. Stabenow in broken English for "spending so much American money, you borrow more from us." The approach backfired, with many in the state calling it racially insensitive. Hoekstra's poll ratings tumbled, as Stabenow opened up a double-digit lead, with one poll showing the former House Intelligence Committee chairman down by 21 percentage points.
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Linda McMahon is a surprise leader in Connecticut. That is now a toss-up.
One has to ask if the Romney/Obama race is close or even Obama leading sometimes.....
Why would Senate races still be showing a strong move to elect republicans and throw democrats out?
Hoekstra has never stopped calling her Debbie Spenditnow, and it is beginning to stick.
1st thing I thought of when I read the title - who'd a thunk Konnecticut would elect a Republican Senator and Missouri would lose one........
see, I was stuck on Stabmenow, I never heard, thought of Spenditnow. Great to hear. These extremist Senate woman must go! Baldwin must lose in WI.
Have you made a contribution to Todd Akin’s campaign? His only chance is if someone confuses him with Clay Akin the rather talented singer.
Good Lord, how could anyone....
Hopefully, this means a Republican landslide in November at least similar to 2010. As for Missouri, I’m not sure if Akin is a Democrat mole or an ego-maniac.
Rove said last night (C-SPAN) we sort of have until September 25th to replace him if he steps down - let's hope his tumbling poll numbers can give him some sense of proportion and he leaves soon.
If he was a Demoncrat, there would be no issue, Biden wasn't the only Dem Senator to ooze stupidity from his pie hole....
Rove has done everything he can to stop Akin from succeeding. So if Akin does not step down I would not be surprised if Rove winds up supporting his opponent. Karl is a POS.
The race in MI proves that.
The polls are almost all oversampling Dems, by 7 to 9 percent, based on 2008 numbers. It’s highly unlikely that Obama is going to get the kind of turnout he got then. When you adjust to a more typical 2% Dem edge Mitt is solidly ahead.
1st thing I thought of when I read the title - who'd a thunk Konnecticut would elect a Republican Senator and Missouri would lose one........
There is hope for Connecticut, if you take away Hartford (East Hartford and West Hartford), New ILLEGAL Haven area and Fairfield County, there are nice Republican towns (Somers, Ellington for two) and cities (Danbury).
Yes, indeed. But they don’t call them the Stupid Party for nothing!
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