Weldon's Campaign Life Support: Do Not Resuscitate
According to Bill Bender in today's Delco Times, Weldon decides to scale back TV advertising.
Weldon's campaign seems to have finally realized that the more people see of Weldon, the worst it is, so they are scaling back on advertising. Think about it for a minute, the more coverage Weldon gets, the more people realize what an embarassment they have for a congressman. I think the Sestak campaign should offer it's advertising time to Weldon to run some more Weldon commercials. The ones with his wife and the plea for benefit of the doubt made his look even more guilty (if that is even possible at this point). BTW, is it just me, or does Weldon's wife look like the star of the old TV series: Hazel?
To comment on the reduction of TV advertising..with foot inserted in mouth:
Feels like he's pulling my leg. The smart money is on Weldon saving his campaign money for his legal defense against the inevitable result of the FBI investigation.
The RNC had already shifted its allotment of air-time over to Gerlach and Fitzpatrick, essentially abandoning Weldon as a waste of further resources. Swirling as well are repeated rumors that the RNC is pulling back on it's crucial 72-hour GOTV opperations for Weldon. Check out these contradicting statements by Matt Burns and Puppio:
These guys are so deep in denial they can't get their stories straight.
It would be sad, if it wasn't such a long overdue come-uppance.
Weldon's campaign seems to have finally realized that the more people see of Weldon, the worst it is, so they are scaling back on advertising. Think about it for a minute, the more coverage Weldon gets, the more people realize what an embarassment they have for a congressman. I think the Sestak campaign should offer it's advertising time to Weldon to run some more Weldon commercials. The ones with his wife and the plea for benefit of the doubt made his look even more guilty (if that is even possible at this point). BTW, is it just me, or does Weldon's wife look like the star of the old TV series: Hazel?
To comment on the reduction of TV advertising..with foot inserted in mouth:
"We’re not pulling anything. We’re scaling a few things back," said Weldon spokesman Michael Puppio.
Feels like he's pulling my leg. The smart money is on Weldon saving his campaign money for his legal defense against the inevitable result of the FBI investigation.
The RNC had already shifted its allotment of air-time over to Gerlach and Fitzpatrick, essentially abandoning Weldon as a waste of further resources. Swirling as well are repeated rumors that the RNC is pulling back on it's crucial 72-hour GOTV opperations for Weldon. Check out these contradicting statements by Matt Burns and Puppio:
Pennsylvania State Committee spokesman Matt Burns denied a Friday report that the Republican National Committee was backing out of its 72-hour operation in Delaware County because it no longer considered the district winnable.
He said the GOP’s get-out-the-vote operation is "full steam ahead for every Republican on the ballot and will be until our candidates are victorious.
[Diano: contrast this with...]
Puppio said the RNC is not involved in the local 72-hour plan.
These guys are so deep in denial they can't get their stories straight.
It would be sad, if it wasn't such a long overdue come-uppance.
posted by David Diano at 10:25 PM
4 Comments:
Congressmen are legally allowed to pay for criminal defense attorneys out of their unspent campaign funds. So maybe Curt is planning ahead.
Real classy,insult the guy's wife.
I don't think the money will be used for the defense fund, although he'll probably need it eventually.
You have to remember that the Republicans have very few unpaid volunteers. They have to pay their GOtV ground force. With the RNCC signalling that he is outside their firewall, the remaining cash-on-hand was needed to have a ground game on election day.
It's a sign of trouble for Weldon, but it's the right call. Their polling is showing them down, for sure. With very few undecideds left to reach, he had to shift his dollars to the ground game.
I doubt it will be of much consequence, because the Dems have a massive force of their own.
Anonymous-
It's only an insult if you think the actress, Shirley Booth, that played Hazel was unattractive.
I just thought her style looked a bit dated, like she stepped out of the 50's (just like the policies of the GOP). I was wondering to what target demographic they thought she would appeal. I don't think that commercial helped Curt.
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