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I’d have to disagree with Stacy’s take on Christine O’Donnell’s “I am not a witch” ad. It struck me as overly defensive, and I can’t help but think that if I were a Delaware voter who weren’t following the race that closely, I’d be thinking, “That’s weird, why is this woman telling me she isn’t a witch?”
We’ll see how it plays out in Delaware, but thus far, I haven’t seen any empirical evidence in the form of actual polling data to suggest she has a chance to win this race, and I don’t see how this ad changes that dynamic in an overwhelmingly Democratic state.
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NotALibertarian| 10.5.10 @ 12:18PM
I was glad O'Donnell beat Castle in the primary, and I reallyreallyreally want her in the Senate, but I don't like this ad. O'Donnell needed to present herself as sophisticated and informed to the point of wonkish, but this ad just makes her look pitiful and victimized. I cannot fathom why they thought it helpful for her to look as though she is going to cry.
There is also something very off-putting -- because it is presumptuous -- about her insisting, "I am you."
Ivan| 10.5.10 @ 12:21PM
"I haven't seen any empirical evidence in the form of actual polling data to suggest she has a chance to win this race, and I don't see how this ad changes that dynamic in an overwhelmingly Democratic state."
Apart from narrowing the Coon's lead from 15% to 8% in a week.
Ken (Old Texican)| 10.5.10 @ 12:29PM
I'm not a witch...I'M YOU!
you dim bulb pundit!
Siegfried X| 10.5.10 @ 12:32PM
Re-introducing her to the voters is good, but I wouldn't have repeated the witch accusation. It's almost like running an attack ad against herself.
Derek Leaberry| 10.5.10 @ 12:59PM
She needs to attack Coons as the Greatest Tax Raiser in the history of Delaware.
B Berejan| 10.5.10 @ 2:34PM
Her ad's should say, "I'm not a witch, but my opponent is a bearded Marxist who wants to tax you into slavery and control every breath you take".
Beboper| 10.5.10 @ 3:44PM
To begin an ad with "I'm not a witch" is weak. First, it admits a premise and second, it is a simple unsupported refutation.
She could have did so much more with that childish slur: 'They hurl slimy slurs like 'witch' but I'm not the one contributing to making billions disappear into bottomless spending black holes; I'm not the one conjuring lie after lie to cover their nefarious purposes; I'm not the one casting false promise spells that aren't worth the teleprompter space they're read from; etc.'
Socialist like Coons are backrupting the states across the nation and are imperiling the financial wellbeing of the federal government by floating such a monumental debt internationally - and will continue to do so if returned to power.
O'Donnell needs a new ad agency. She's cute but cute don't cut it.
LauraHollis| 10.5.10 @ 9:51PM
Beboper, you're brilliant! Call O'Donnell's campaign and tell them you've rewritten the ad for them.
Rich Fisher| 10.5.10 @ 6:56PM
It worked for Richard Nixon, for awhile. "I am not a crook". Until he was. Or sort of.
Quartermaster| 10.5.10 @ 7:51PM
It doesn't help that the Rep elite hates the girl. They may have the leftist Castle, but he lost and the elite needs to fall in line and work for her.
Instead, we get the one the voters picked dissed, and morons like Murkowski supported.
The GOP stopped being the merely the "stupid party" years ago. They became the stupid evil party and joined the Dimocrats in all but name.
fargo44| 10.5.10 @ 9:01PM
Not the greatest ad ever but in my opinion it did not make her look to be a victim . I agree with statements above -- future spots need to be more aggressive and hammer the erstwhile bearded, but now balding, Marxist. But to appear as a regular, calm person should not be a negative I would think. I thought she seemed sincere and "normal".