( - promoted by Bob)
Jack E. Robinson, the Republican running for the 9th District seat, has just released a radio ad that tries to tie current Rep. Stephen Lynch to the Big Dig ugliness.
While the ad itself is creepy and misleading, I'm wondering what effect it might have on the campaign of Phil Dunkelbarger. The prevailing wisdom about attack ads is that they affect both the victim and the target negatively but often give a boost to a candidate outside the mud fight. In this case, that would be the other Democrat in the race, Phil Dunkelbarger, a mini-Lamont, anti-war candidate.
At the very least, the media attention might turn to the race and, IMHO, that would only help Dunkelbarger. What intrigues me is the timing of the ad - before the Democratic primary. Is Robinson trying to help Dunkelbarger? Does he think he might have a better chance against an unknown Democrat? |
