NY-20: Panic! At Tedisco

[ccharles000]

Y'know, when this campaign started off, I figured that Democrat Scott Murphy faced long odds in his bid to replace Kirsten Gillibrand in the House. But when your Republican opponent is "shaking up" his campaign three weeks before e-day after being nailed repeatedly in the press for his non-position on the recent stimulus bill, well, that's a pretty promising sign for Team Blue. From the Syracuse Post-Star:

Reacting to his Democratic opponent's surge in the polls, Tedisco said Thursday he's taking control of the content of his advertising from the National Republican Congressional Committee.
"I'm taking over and we're going to run a campaign that relates to the people of the 20th Congressional District," he said.

The first depiction of "the real Jim" will air in a new television commercial set to debut this evening, he said. <...>

Tedisco blamed his drop in the poll on an advertising strategy that has focussed heavily on attacking his Democratic opponent.

Tedisco said going forward the content of his ads will be more positive with him making the decisions instead of the national party.

"We're going to run a 20th District campaign and talk about the positive issues, and leave the rest of the distortions to the other side," he said.

This reminds me a bit of the Greg Davis apology tour in Northeast Mississippi last fall -- only, y'know, in advance of the vote.

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[snowbear]

1. Didn't know anything about the race, but GOOD LUCK to Murphy!

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That Tedisco dude sounds creepy!

Creepy rThug --> <-- Awesome Democrat

I wonder why anyone in that area would even consider that Tedisco guy? EWWwWWwwwwww!

[last_texas_dem]

2. Hopefully panicked Tedisco will be writing tragedies and not sins in three weeks...

(Sorry, I really wanted to keep playing on the Panic! at the Disco theme, but my attempt is pretty weak! haha)

Good luck to Murphy; hopefully the race is starting to look like less of an uphill battle now.

[KharmaTrain]

3. Cue The Clowns...

IRC, Tedisco had a double digit lead vs. Murphy just a couple weeks ago and the last poll showed Murphy within 3%. Tedisco won't say how he would have voted on the stimulus plan...just plain won't say it. Murphy has been a surprisingly strong candidate and here's hoping Democrats nationwide get behind him and pull this thing off.

A loss for the GOOP will be devestating to them...this is supposed to begin their "comeback"...a race they should have won and won easily. Let's see how desperate they get over the next three weeks (election on 3/31 IRC)...who campaigns and who doesn't and how badly they want to turn this around. It's already been reported that Michael Steele's short tenure at the RNC is riding on this. How interesting that Tedisco blames the RCCC (not the RNC) as messing up his campaign.

One day we'll realize how easy the rushpublicans are making things for Democrats. They're so clueless, they're beating themselves now.

Good luck Scott...the check's on the way!!