Comments on: Paulsen Campaign In Desperate Mode

By: DantheMan

DantheMan — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:05:39 +0000

“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?

By: rainman

rainman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:11:09 +0000

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.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:35:23 +0000

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.

By: TwoPuttTommy

TwoPuttTommy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:19:20 +0000

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.

By: lojasmo

lojasmo — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:39:35 +0000

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.

By: rainman

rainman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:48:17 +0000

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!

By: TheGipper

TheGipper — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:18:10 +0000

I hope the RNC has NOT pulled out from Paulsen!!! If it’s true………..were in trouble:(

By: ArmChairOperative

ArmChairOperative — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:56:44 +0000

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?

By: West Metro Dem

West Metro Dem — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:42:33 +0000

“Harshly criticize” …..so? After the slime that the Paulsen campaign has thrown, he deserves it.

By: Michael B. Brodkorb

Michael B. Brodkorb — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:31:30 +0000

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