Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Colorado Market

What's that thumping sound?

Sarah Palin has shown too much native intelligence on other matters to buy into McCain's "blame Wall Street" response to the looming total meltdown, so I'm guessing (hoping) she is deferring to the top of the ticket.  That could be a mistake.  McCain's campaign seems thrown off-stride by it all, if this  message board thread about the the GOP in Colorado is indicative. Here's a snippet, but it's worth reading in its entirety.

And on the ride to and from Boulder (hour plus each way), on the 3 country stations I could get on FM, plus a classic rock station, and AM talk, I head an average of 5-6 Obama ads each hour, and NO McCain ones during morning and evening drive time. the only McCain support ad was one by the NRA I heard once in the morning and once in the afternoon on the talk station. One every 10 minutes or so for Obama.

McCain and the GOP are getting their ass kicked.

The Schaefer senate campaign is dead silent in the face of hourly TV and radio ads calling him "Big Oil Bob". No response, nothing. And now he is down by 8.

The PPP poll also questioned voters about the Colorado Senate race, which shows Rep. Mark Udall (D) leading former Rep. Bob Schaffer (R) by 8 points, the same margin the Quinnipiac/WSJ/WP.com poll released earlier today showed.  
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I've no reason to follow Colorado politics, but have been directed to several Mark Udall stories, and videos for their comedic value.  The man is a moonbat.  His opponent, Bob Schaffer, from what little I've seen, seems to be more than capable, so WTF?  Reminds me too much of clueless mutton headed. Maryland voters.  Scary.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

You kings don't ride out with the knights much, so you're highness, fogive me for pointing out that if we expend our ammo when the enemy is yet out of range, we won't have enough to whack his ass when he's in our kill zone. You keep the numbers close until the last two weeks, and then you rip him from the crotch to the throat.

Casca

Anonymous said...

What Casca said. Well put, soldier. Let's just hope battalion gets the memo. - Vice Sgt Boone

Anonymous said...

Good theory, Casca. I hope that you are correct. Call me skeptical but thus far I have seen blessed little evidence that the GOP has even the smallest of cajones.

Yatalli

Anonymous said...

I tend to agree with Casca and hope he's right. We're 40some days out. Classic marketing says people have pretty short attention spans. You might get a lot more bang for the buck closer to the election (Unless the numbers really slide)

I would thing that it would be better to hold on until closer to D-Day.

McCain held his cards remarkedly close with the Sarah Palin Pick. That took the moonbats by surprise.

I'm also wondering how much talk radio and the net can offset the hard left rudder the press has.

bullseye

Rodger the Real King of France said...

I don't buy it. At some point people get tired of the whole thing, and walk away with their minds made up. All the tea in China won't alter a tuned-out mind. No, to use your military metaphor, the strategy is to demoralize the enemy with a constant barrage of superior firepower, destroying all will to resist.

Say Amen.

cmblake6 said...

Before I even looked at the comments I saw the very reasoning Casca mentioned in my minds eye. Those few ads were from snipers, a bit of input, a bit of "use up your ammo trying to get the snipers" tactic. Then, when they get into the valley, the main fire teams open up from above and behind, running them around the corner face on into the artillery barrage.
Face it, the Obamessiah had more money. Let him use it up. In the last, oh, 20-30 days use your limited resources to attack the now depleted enemy.

titan saturnae said...

If McCain has more limited resources (check) and a sufficiently powerful campaign killer bomb to drop (unknown) then the rope-a-dope strategy will work.

McCain (and GOP) doesn't have the money to saturate the markets with ads from here on out. I just hope he has the effective ammo to get through to the typical brain-dead undecided voter.

Anonymous said...

Since the Mighty O has exhorted us all to learn a second language (presumably so that He won't have to) I have, and thus myst offer the correction: its cOjones, not cAjones. That's all right, thanks not necessary - mi correa del atleta es tu correa del atleta.

Jimmy don\'t play that

Anonymous said...

I appreciate the correction. Always something new to learn. Let me state it once again (without spelling errors) I have to see the GOP exhibit the BALLS. Let us hope that I am wrong. McCain has pulled out a few surprises and maybe he has a few more up his sleeve.

Yat

Anonymous said...

I listen to talk all day and there are lots of Schaffer ads running, well actually anti Udall ads-TV? couldn't say, don't watch except for Bronco games and then it's seems about even.

Hard to believe what's happened to Colorado in the past few years. Last go around we got the scum liar, Salazar, a dem gov and both houses are dem. And the taxes, in an economic slowdown, are a flying. As are the heavy hand of unions.

Hard to be pragmatic.
MM

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