Cross-posted at PoliticalReformer.com
What does a candidate for public office do after failing to overcome withering attacks from opponents? Why, change the subject, of course.
Nevada U.S. Senate candidate Sue Lowden (R), seeking to recover from her comments about bartering chickens for healthcare treatment, has attempted to do just that. Finding herself on the defensive against Democrat Harry Reid and in increasingly heated exchanges with Republican Primary opponent Danny Tarkanian, Lowden has recently sought to undercut the attacks by both male opponents in one fell swoop.
In her latest television ad, Lowden declares, “It’s time we pull the plug on these boys.” She then literally pulls a plug and behind her, three television screens showing images of Tarkanian and Reid, go black. A simplistic ploy – you say – that is as silly as bartering chickens for medical treatment? Perhaps. While one would not expect the tactic to keep Lowden from slipping in the polls in the aftermath of ChickenGate, there is a chance that her latest approach might keep the bottom from dropping out of her campaign altogether.
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