Mickey Murphy tells Bobby Jindal to drop down and give him 49
Now this is a great ad. Just drop whatever you're doing and watch this soon-to-be-classic spot from Democratic state Senate candidate Mickey Murphy.
Did you watch it yet? No? Why not? OK, I'll summarize. Murphy reminds voters that he's a former drill sergeant and asks the viewer, "Don't you wish you could say this to Gov. Jindal?" The ad then shifts to "Jindal's" point-of-view as Murphy tells him to drop down and give him 49 pushups, one for all the other states he's visited. The camera moves up and down as Murphy scolds Jindal for special deals for lobbyists and poor job training and lack of college affordability. I'm not doing it justice though: Go watch it.
Murphy is running for the open SD-12, located north of Lake Pontchartrain. Romney won this seat 66-32, but this area is still amenable to conservative Democrats. Termed-out state Sen. Ben Nevers pulled off a narrow win in 2011 despite being heavily targeted by the GOP, and a termed-out Democratic state representative represents much of this area.