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"Lamontagne would have had a very difficult time attracting moderate voters because his conservatism is more doctrinaire than Ayotte," Smith said.
And the data for this claim is what?
Because the last credible polling outfit to roll through this state shows Kelly Ayotte with a 24 point favorability deficit among moderates. Sure, she beat that Wiccan lady, but, e.g., she's faring much worse than Tea People favorite Marc Rubio when compared to other senate hopefuls.
If Ayotte has a better chance at undeclareds than Ovide would have, it will have everything to do with superficial optics and establishment support, and nothing to do with their respective "conservatism," as Smith calls their radical right-wingerism.
Two of the laziest narratives that will be pushed by the state media from now until election day is that Kelly Ayotte is not a hard right-winger, and that Annie Kuster is a Dirty Hippie.
