[Brices Crossroads]

I respectfully disagree with you. I think one of the flaws in Woody Jenkins' campaign in 1996 was his unwillingness to be tough on Mary Landrieu's record. Most people don't know of her support for abortion on demand and federal funding of abortion and the morning after pill. Political junkies know about it and we may get tired of hearing about it. But the average citizen is very poorly informed and Landrieu's dissembling about her positions on every issue, especially right to life, have got to be set straight. These are not personal attacks. They don't try to smear her as crooked, as Landrieu is trying to do to Suzie Terrell with that ridiculous voting machine ad.

Don't fall for the liberal/media propaganda that every time a conservative highlights the record of the liberal, it is negative. Terrell is running an issue oriented campaign based on Landrieu's votes and record. What is negative about that?

[Redbob]

"But the average citizen is very poorly informed..."

Really?
In Louisiana?
How can that be, when they've got the Times-Picayune?
</sarcasm>

[cajungirl]

I really hope you are right but am worried. The card I described was captioned something like do we want hillary's and Bill's values and illustrated by an unattractive pic of Mary and pics of hill and bill looking particularly venal. It seemed unnecessarily crude to me. I think it is the sheer volume of ads on tv, constantly, all the time that is irritating. I hope you are right, believe me, but often I am like a weathervane in that I can feel what the populace is feeling even if unpleasant. I could sense before the last election that the pubs would sweep. And this one has me worried, still.