As support for abortion rights has slipped to below 47%, as he’s trailing in the polls by 14 points – despite trying to hammer McDonnell for the thesis, as even the DNC is contemplating where to spend $5 million and states Virginia is nowhere near being blue, Deeds decides to go against what the people are saying matters most to them (transportation and taxes) and focus on, you guessed it, social issues.
The latest Deeds attack ad basically criticizes McDonnell for government 101. In a press release from the Deeds campaign, they proudly state:
In the ad, McDonnell addresses the 2008 National Right to Life Committee, telling them “elections determine who’s got the power.” McDonnell continues that “those policy makers with the votes determine whether or not we’re going to have a Pro-Life state”
And the problem with this is?
Yes…the person who gets elected gets to make policy decisions. McDonnell is pro-life. So he will make pro-life policy decisions. Next.
I mean, seriously, is this a surprise to anyone? Is this supposed to shock the audience? What is the Deeds camp thinking…especially, as I wrote in the lead, that support for abortion has now dipped below 47%.
Great, Creigh, you sewed-up 47% of the vote. Congratulations on finishing second.
Of course, I would be remiss if I did not talk about McDonnell’s ads that were released today.
Not only did he spike Deeds’ assertion that McDonnell is anti-working woman:
But McDonnell also focused again on taxes. As the Rasmussen poll bears out:
By a 51% to 36% margin, voters trust the GOP candidate more on the tax issue…..
By a 45% to 32% margin, voters now trust McDonnell more than Deeds on the issue of transportation. Previous surveys had found voters evenly divided on the topic.
One of these weeks Deeds might understand it’s time to start talking about issues that matter to Virginians. Until that time happens, I’ll gladly watch his campaign implode.
