Dole Falling Apart?

[ccharles000]

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2008/08/dole-falling-apart.html

I would think one of the cardinal rules of politics is not to remind people of your flaws. That's why I'm amazed to see that Elizabeth Dole's new ad responding to the DSCC's ads about her #93 effectiveness ranking devotes its first four seconds to repeating that unfortunate little fact about herself! Don't spend your own money to remind people about an ad that's doing you a lot of damage.

The rest of her new ad is a series of weak and unsupported platitudes about various supposed accomplishments and some 'Best of Congress' award that 50 members of Congress applied to win and that 24 received. Not the most impressive honor.

I'll admit up until a couple weeks ago I didn't really think Kay Hagan had any chance at this. But the DSCC's campaign on her behalf has been brilliant, and I'm frankly amazed at the numbers we've seen the first two days of our tracking poll- we'll probably release the North Carolina Senate numbers Tuesday.

Elizabeth Dole is in real bad shape. Hard to believe.

http://swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=2848

NC-Sen: Another Poll Shows a Tightening Race

Civitas (8/14-17, likely voters, 7/14-17 in parens):

Kay Hagan (D): 41 (38)
Elizabeth Dole (R-inc): 44 (47)
Chris Cole (L): 4 (2)
(MoE: ±4.2%)
First we had SUSA, and then Insider Advantage, and now Civitas all showing a rapidly tightening race, probably in no small part due to the pummeling that the DSCC and Dem allies are giving Dole on the airwaves over the issues of her effectiveness and her ties to "big oil". This is all fantastic news.

The folks over at Public Policy Polling have their own poll in the field, and their early results show Hagan beating Dole. It's enough for PPP's Tom Jensen to ask: Is "Dole falling apart"?

I would think one of the cardinal rules of politics is not to remind people of your flaws. That's why I'm amazed to see that Elizabeth Dole's new ad responding to the DSCC's ads about her #93 effectiveness ranking devotes its first four seconds to repeating that unfortunate little fact about herself! Don't spend your own money to remind people about an ad that's doing you a lot of damage. <...>

I'll admit up until a couple weeks ago I didn't really think Kay Hagan had any chance at this. But the DSCC's campaign on her behalf has been brilliant, and I'm frankly amazed at the numbers we've seen the first two days of our tracking poll- we'll probably release the North Carolina Senate numbers Tuesday.
SSP currently rates this race as Lean Republican, but we're loving this trend.

[Hubert Flottz]

1. I think Bob got too blown away on his pills and @#$%$ed her...

brains out!

[MasonJar]

2. Great news! Keep it up, DSCC and Kay Hagan.

[L. Coyote]

3. 2008.12.12 = $1.42 ... How much money did Ted Stevens give to Dole?

Big Oil is the bane of the Rs in 2008!
This cycle, they can't lower the price enough.

How much money did Ted Stevens give to Dole?
2002

Dole 2002 Committee	 $10,000
Collins Susan M.	 $10,000
John Cornyn     	 $10,000
Norm Coleman      	 $10,000
Talent for Senate	 $10,000
Team Sununu	         $10,000