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Quick Hits: Alex Castellanos, KY-SEN, AK-1

Submitted by Patrick Ruffini on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 14:32
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 Update from Soren: Stu Rothenberg doesn't buy the poll and points to one with McConnell up 11.

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Lunsford

Submitted by Buckland on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 15:26.

Lunsford has run for office several times here in KY without success. Usually he loses in the primary, but cleared that hurdle this time.

As a former nursing home operator in the past he's been hit with commercials from his opponents of the "my mother was mistreated by Bruce" variety. The reality is there will always be somebody unhappy with the level of service their parents received, and willing to cry for the camera. These tended to be pretty effective in the past but weren't used extensively this round.

McConnell will have no such problems putting the weeping daughter on the screen. Sadly this will be very effective and I think will be sufficient to give Mitch another term. Although I'd really like to see Mitch reelected, I fear the bare knuckle tactics will be required.

I guess it's just hard for a nursing home operator to make it in politics. Just too much potential baggage from previous dealings. Too much potential for the "My mom would still be alive if ..." commercials. Pity.

IIRC

Submitted by Patrick Ruffini on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 17:42.

Travis Childers was a nursing home operator.

Very good news out of Alaska.

Submitted by Kevin Boyd on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 15:29.

Very good news out of Alaska. Taking out Don Young will demonstrate that Republicans are interested in cleaning our own house.

Lunsford v. McConnell

Submitted by Walt Gilbert on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 17:23.

Lunsford also has a little problem in the fact that he has donated and lent his support to McConnell in the past.  That'll definitely be appearing in ads and will blunt at least some of the criticism he lobs at McConnell.

Also, Lunsford had the luxury of having a relative unknown as an opponent in primary whose ads were borderline creepy, except for the "Mud Man Lunsford" spot.  It was on par with some of the great ads that McConnell has run in past races.  Fortunately for Lunsford, it was the last in the series of ads to run (at least in my part of the Commonwealth -- extreme western Kentucky).  Had Greg Fischer run more spots like "Mud Man Lunsford" all along, he might have won.

Alex Castellanos

Submitted by stock on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 07:36.

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