In following up with Matt Martin’s post, “
Another Paulsen Campaign Head-Scratcher: While Madia Addresses Economy, Paulsen Silent,” today continues the theme. While Ashwin Madia is out working with small businesses and running a positive campaign, Erik Paulsen pulls out Jim Ramstad to condemn ads that aren’t even Madia’s. Meanwhile,
the negative-ad ridden NRCC pulls ad buys out of CD3 at the same time.
Madia is actually running the positive ads in this race. How can Paulsen have a high-profile surrogate denouncing negativity when it’s Paulsen that’s going negative?
The Paulsen Campaign Head-Scratcher isn’t that much of a head scratcher any more: if you can’t talk win on business, the economy and the bailout, you go negative and accuse the other of being so. They are showing their desperation.
Aaron: It’s nice to know you have the ability to lie about more than one race. KSTP noted in a story tonight that Madia is running negative ads:
“‘I’m responsible for my campaign. Every ad that I put on television that says, ‘I approved this message.’ I approved every word of it and I stand behind it, and all of those are positive messages,’ Madia explained.
But political experts say that’s not exactly true. Some of Madia’s advertisements harshly criticize Paulsen.” Source: KSTP, October 7, 2008
“Harshly criticize” …..so? After the slime that the Paulsen campaign has thrown, he deserves it.
Talk about a head-scratcher - Madia said that the economic stimulus package passed earlier this year was a bad idea and he wouldn’t have supported it.
The recent Wall Street bailout? Madia supports it.
No financial assistance for working people in the 3rd but under Madia, Wall Street gets trillions of taxpayer dollars.
Why is Madia more willing to help Wall Street than Main Street?
I hope the RNC has NOT pulled out from Paulsen!!! If it’s true………..were in trouble:(
How about the partisan attack by Ramstad…..totally blows my impression that he wasn’t like all the rest of the partisan “hacks”. He spends 10 minutes attributing all the DCCC ads and brochures directly to Ashwin Madia and his campaign and finally late in the question/answer section mentions the DCCC. This is no better than Carey & Michel’s coded racist attacks last week and shows how desparate their campaign is….note to Michael…have you figured out which one of your illegal signs needs to come down…if it’s not down this week, I’ll arrange a press conference with the owner on the property, and we won’t need a cheap set-up with a little camcorder…you better get busy!
NRCC has pulled out of the third? If so, that bodes very ill for Paulson. Hope it’s true.
oh…concentrating on Bachman. Must be some internal polling that shows El doing okay up there. Very nice.
Lo, it sure looks like it’s true - the NRCC (according to Tom Scheck at MPR) appears to have cancelled ads reserved for Paulsen, and are spending that dough on Bachmann instead.
Why is “harsh criticism,” even as defined by Fox-wannabe KSTP, negative campaigning? It’s not like Madia was making thinly veiled racial/class appeals.
I believe Madia stated he would have worked to keep the bill from being voted on until it had adequate control and protection for taxpayers in it, but given the alternative of passing the bill or doing nothing, he would grudgingly have voted for it…sounds like a reasoned, thoughtful approach. Negative campaigning is when party leaders like Paulsen, Ramstad, Michel, and Carey go in front of the cameras and repeat lies over and over and over.
“I believe Madia stated he would have worked to keep the bill from being voted on until it had adequate control and protection for taxpayers in it, but given the alternative of passing the bill or doing nothing, he would grudgingly have voted for it…sounds like a reasoned, thoughtful approach.”
Exact, same position Norm Coleman had. When Coleman says it, though, I bet it is evil. Right?