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Mahoney and Lamontagne Proud to Vote Republican

by: Dean Barker

Mon Sep 28, 2009 at 19:33:14 PM EDT
When I said it was "dumb campaign strategy" for Kelly Ayotte to refuse to answer whether she voted for Lynch or not, I felt a little bad writing "dumb."But it's clear now from how her rivals quickly responded that it was a definitive fail.

Sean Mahoney:

"I was proud to vote for both Rep. Coburn in 2006 and Sen. Kenney in 2008," said Mahoney. "In fact, I went even further and supported each of their campaigns with $500 contributions..."
Ovide Lamontagne:
In 2006 and 2008 I supported and voted for Jim Coburn and Joe Kenney for Governor.  I know what it means to be the nominee of my Party..."
Sure, she'd have been dinged a little by the right had she admitted to voting for Lynch. But not answering the question made it much worse.  It adds to the "designed from afar in DC" meme, while at the same time giving her rivals a chance to show that, unlike she, they're proud to be, um, Republicans.
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Not a good candidate (0.00 / 0)
Her answer to this one reminded me of her bad answer on why she broke her promise to serve her full term. She had several weeks to come up with a good answer to that question, and instead she came up with gobblygook:

"I would say that at the time of my reappointment no one could have predicted the political future. The political landscape has changed drastically since then. Clearly the intent was to continue serving, but I think in fairness no one could have predicted the changes that have occurred on the political landscape."

Similarly, she had several weeks to prepare for this question. This duck and cover answer she gave about not wanting to politicize her former service as AG was gobblygook - this is the best she can come up with? Or the best she and her NRSC staffers can come up with?  Holey tamoley!

     

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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Couldn't she have written in some (4.00 / 2)
safely-dead Republican?
I have been disappointed in the lack of vision among recent candidates on both sides of the aisle, so I wrote in Robert P. Bass for Governor.

Or maybe Charlie's granddad, Governor from 1911-1913, would still be too divisive. The UL's memory does not fade quickly.

The Republican party has become irrelevant, at least on the (0.00 / 0)
national stage, except as a vehicle for generating opposition and mayhem.  Electoral success has depended entirely on mobilizing an insensate base on election day and demoralizing the rest of the electorate with a whole kit bag of strategies (war chests, personal attacks, dirty tricks, intimidation, shredding alliances, etc.)

When one of the operatives was asked the other day why some politician was being targeted now, he said, "when you're a public official, every day is election day."  Pundits decry the "continuous campaign" but that's been the Republican strategy.  The mistake Democrats have made has been to actually back off and work on issues while the Republican attack machine goes on.

Republican votes are not going to get Ms. Ayotte elected in New Hampshire.  Republicans turning on each other isn't going to do it either.

how can anyone (4.00 / 1)
be proud of voting for Joe Kenney??  
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