A Republican attack ad takes aim at former Senator Mark Dayton who is running for Governor in Minnesota. The point of the ad is to tell the voters how massively insane this man is. In the ad they contend Dayton was "one of the worst Senators in America", "erratic", "perplexing", "panicky". This is apparently all common knowledge as evidenced by a Time Magazine cover article about how erratic Senator Dayton is. Clearly it captured the nation's attention for a while. What the ad is trying to do is to remind voters of Dayton's past problems with alcoholism and depression. Those behind the attack ad won't directly mention those things in fear of being seen as making egregious personal attacks and going too far. Such attacks could prove risky in the gentle Midwestern state.
No comments:
Post a Comment