Source: Washington Post
A new television commercial running in Ohio's 6th District sure sounds as if it has mean things to say about Bob Carr, but the actual target is another Democrat--state Sen. Charlie Wilson.
Wilson, in a huge campaign blunder, failed earlier this year to get enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.
What's weird about this story is that these ads are part of a Republican and Democratic strategists' joint plan to help Carr in the primary. Both want him to win, but for entirely different reasons.
A new television commercial running in Ohio's 6th District sure sounds as if it has mean things to say about Bob Carr. He is supposedly a "liberal Democrat" who wants to overturn President Bush's tax cuts and is "too far left to work with Republicans in Washington."
Them's fightin' words, all right -- but their real target is not Carr.
The ad is paid for by the National Republican Congressional Committee, whose strategists -- trying their best to channel the spirit of Niccolo Machiavelli -- actually are hoping to damage another Democrat, state Sen. Charlie Wilson.
The Republican thinking is that if Carr wins, there is no reason to believe he will be a viable candidate in this open district, and Charlie Wilson would be much stronger.
What's sad about this story is that this is a deliberate attempt by the GOP to tank a strong write-in candidate in the 6th District race who is stronger than the guy on the ballot.
And in secret, Democratic strategists are aiding this effort.
Hello? Is anyone thinking this one through?
It's always nice when the Dems help the enemy and destroy a viable candidate of their own.
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