“master of gutter politics, Jeff Roe”
Roe proved that what you can win with in local and statewide contests doesn’t transfer to a national election. This is as much about Jeff Roe trying to be a future national campaign manager than it is about Ted’s future.
Absolutely true. One other thing emerges from Roe’s gutter tactics. If voters don’t know the candidate all that well, Roe’s lies can destroy him/her. But if voters already have a pretty good idea of who the candidate is, the worst of Roe’s smear tactics is blunted.
Thank heaven in this case we had the second scenario.