Negative wins the Battle

It was eerily reminiscent watching the VA-08 GOP Congressional Primary election results coming in last night. Matthew Berry did well in Arlington and Alexandria but eventually lost ground in Fairfax. Berry had a great campaign that focused on attacking Moran’s corrupt practices, providing real solutions to our current problems, and raising over $150K which to my knowledge is more than anyone has ever raised in the GOP primary in VA-08. Essentially, Berry ran the campaign that Republicans say they want.

On the flip side, I had to laugh when I read on Patrick Murray’s website that he will “treat my opponent according to the Golden Rule.” Murray raised less than a third of what Berry raised but instead of investing in multiple issue-based mailers promoting himself, he took a play straight out of the Mike Lane playbook and dropped a very misleading negative attack on Berry in the eleventh hour. It was bad enough that even the Washington Post noticed. Having been victim to similar tactics in 2008, I know there is very little to nothing one can do counteract the misinformation.

Going negative comes at a price. While Ellmore won the 2008 primary, his tactics ended up losing him the support from many of the local Republicans who had endorsed him which in turn handed Moran his largest margin of victory since 1996. I for one will still vote for Murray in November but will not spend my money and weekends on a campaign that relies on distorting the facts.

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