Slattery for Senate: Oops!
Jim Slattery's Senate Campaign, underfunded and out-messaged in its' fight against popular incumbent Senator Pat Roberts, has to rely on something other than a financial advantage to make up the massive deficit they're currently facing in the arena of public opinion.
Typically, challenger races rely on strong grass-roots organizations, a superior campaign message and, specifically with Democratic candidates, tech-savvy staffers.
What's Slattery's message? Career-Washington politician Pat Roberts is the problem with D.C. Hmm. Given the fact that Slattery was a Washington-politician (and may still be if he hadn't made an embarrassing bid for Governor) and then turned into something much worse - a Washington lobbyist, we don't see that message gaining too much traction.
Grassroots? Typically, the good folks in Kansas aren't motivated to pound the pavement by slick-talking, sleazy Washington lobbyists.
So Slattery's success must hinge upon his savvy online presence - right? After yesterday's performance, we think Jim's online operation may be in a bit 'o trouble.
Yesterday, Slattery's Campaign blasted an e-mail to supporters and reporters all over the State with 'voices from Kansas,' attempting to find folks throughout the State to voice displeasure with Senator Roberts. Apparently they either struggled mightily to find real people interested in attacking Pat Roberts or they felt it much easier to lie and simply spread their own opinions.
Either way, yesterday afternoon, folks throughout the State received an e-mail addressed from Campaign Manager Julie Merz with a quotation from a Kansas citizen claiming that 'Pat Roberts is..an asshole.'
Wow. Talk about negative campaigning.
A short time later, Slatts responded with an e-mail from a low-level staffer, Ian Staples, claiming that it was him that sent the e-mail - not Julie Merz.
While we realize it was an honest mistake that the e-mail was sent out - obviously they would not have ever wanted that in the public domain. The question remains - why in God's name would Slattery's staff ever draft an e-mail claiming that Pat Roberts was an 'asshole' - even if they never intended it reach the public domain. It shows a serious lack of judgment, professionalism and character.
To read more about the incident, check any of these websites:
PrimeBuzz
CapJournal
LJWorld
NebraskaTV
Typically, challenger races rely on strong grass-roots organizations, a superior campaign message and, specifically with Democratic candidates, tech-savvy staffers.
What's Slattery's message? Career-Washington politician Pat Roberts is the problem with D.C. Hmm. Given the fact that Slattery was a Washington-politician (and may still be if he hadn't made an embarrassing bid for Governor) and then turned into something much worse - a Washington lobbyist, we don't see that message gaining too much traction.
Grassroots? Typically, the good folks in Kansas aren't motivated to pound the pavement by slick-talking, sleazy Washington lobbyists.
So Slattery's success must hinge upon his savvy online presence - right? After yesterday's performance, we think Jim's online operation may be in a bit 'o trouble.
Yesterday, Slattery's Campaign blasted an e-mail to supporters and reporters all over the State with 'voices from Kansas,' attempting to find folks throughout the State to voice displeasure with Senator Roberts. Apparently they either struggled mightily to find real people interested in attacking Pat Roberts or they felt it much easier to lie and simply spread their own opinions.
Either way, yesterday afternoon, folks throughout the State received an e-mail addressed from Campaign Manager Julie Merz with a quotation from a Kansas citizen claiming that 'Pat Roberts is..an asshole.'
Wow. Talk about negative campaigning.
A short time later, Slatts responded with an e-mail from a low-level staffer, Ian Staples, claiming that it was him that sent the e-mail - not Julie Merz.
While we realize it was an honest mistake that the e-mail was sent out - obviously they would not have ever wanted that in the public domain. The question remains - why in God's name would Slattery's staff ever draft an e-mail claiming that Pat Roberts was an 'asshole' - even if they never intended it reach the public domain. It shows a serious lack of judgment, professionalism and character.
To read more about the incident, check any of these websites:
PrimeBuzz
CapJournal
LJWorld
NebraskaTV
Is this kid fired yet?
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Hey, what every happend to the SRK post, "Breaking News," Obama selects Bayh?" Is Wiston Smith working at the SRK Ministry of Truth, carefully erasing un-PC news?
I've been watching Kobach at the platform committee voting. He just got clobbered on a census taking amendment he made although the chair held THREE counts before it finally went down in flames. Many members spoke against it.
Then he got back on his horse and suggested that people from DC shouldn't have a congressman, though population would justify one. He was against the compromise that would add a presumptively "R" seat in Utah. He also implied that he didn't want to live with all those black people so lived outside the District when he worked there.
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Reminds me of the time Pat Roberts (himself, not a junior staffer) called Sally Thompson a bitch. http://www.washingtontimes.com/elections/candidate/478/
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