The part of the ad which works well is the second part where Cahill speaks. Its better than his kitchen ad.
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p>But the first part where they attack the RGA doesn’t work. It clearly lays out that the RGA is an out of state Republican attack machine – but the kind of voters that Cahill is going after are Republicans. So attacking the RGA is going to damage Cahill’s attempt to be ‘the real consevative’ in this race.
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p>Either way Cahill loses. He either sets himself against the Republican party and tries to appeal to more Democratic voters – who are probably going to vote Patrick anyway – or he continues to trend right, but if he does that he can’t go after the Republican party too hard.
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p>The strongest part of the ad is where he talks about ‘machine politics’. I think that resonates with voters across the political spectrum.
Instead of “Republicans” attacking it should be phrased as “Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour telling you who to vote for”.
stomvsays
they love to kick and piss on Massachusetts liberals, so I can’t help but smirk at whacking them back.
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p>My beef: “Our state lottery has returned over $6B to taxpayers.” OK, my question is: how much money did the state lottery take from state taxpayers? Answer: more than $6B. After all, they have expenses. Furthermore, those expenses include out of state expenses, notably advertising. So, what the lottery is really doing is redistribution wealth from a subsection of mostly lower income earners and distributing it to muni budgets and some out of state vendors. End result: less total wealth in the state.
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p>That’s a win?
somervilletomsays
I think the ad mostly works. I’m very happy to see rightwing whacko carpetbaggers like Haley Barbour called out for what they are.
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p>My immediate criticism, when I watched it the first time, is that it effectively convinces me to vote for Tim Cahill for Treasurer.
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p>Ok, Done. I’ll do that.
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p>The ad may move some “independents” away from the GOP and towards the Democrats. Good.
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p>All in all, as a Deval Patrick supporter, I think this is a great ad. I hope it keeps running.
The part of the ad which works well is the second part where Cahill speaks. Its better than his kitchen ad.
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p>But the first part where they attack the RGA doesn’t work. It clearly lays out that the RGA is an out of state Republican attack machine – but the kind of voters that Cahill is going after are Republicans. So attacking the RGA is going to damage Cahill’s attempt to be ‘the real consevative’ in this race.
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p>Either way Cahill loses. He either sets himself against the Republican party and tries to appeal to more Democratic voters – who are probably going to vote Patrick anyway – or he continues to trend right, but if he does that he can’t go after the Republican party too hard.
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p>The strongest part of the ad is where he talks about ‘machine politics’. I think that resonates with voters across the political spectrum.
Instead of “Republicans” attacking it should be phrased as “Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour telling you who to vote for”.
they love to kick and piss on Massachusetts liberals, so I can’t help but smirk at whacking them back.
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p>My beef: “Our state lottery has returned over $6B to taxpayers.” OK, my question is: how much money did the state lottery take from state taxpayers? Answer: more than $6B. After all, they have expenses. Furthermore, those expenses include out of state expenses, notably advertising. So, what the lottery is really doing is redistribution wealth from a subsection of mostly lower income earners and distributing it to muni budgets and some out of state vendors. End result: less total wealth in the state.
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p>That’s a win?
I think the ad mostly works. I’m very happy to see rightwing whacko carpetbaggers like Haley Barbour called out for what they are.
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p>My immediate criticism, when I watched it the first time, is that it effectively convinces me to vote for Tim Cahill for Treasurer.
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p>Ok, Done. I’ll do that.
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p>The ad may move some “independents” away from the GOP and towards the Democrats. Good.
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p>All in all, as a Deval Patrick supporter, I think this is a great ad. I hope it keeps running.