As Election Day slowly approaches everyone is putting the finishing touches on their campaign in hopes that the voters will rally their support behind them. Ben Quayle, Republican candidate for the 3rd district of Arizona has held a huge lead over Democratic candidate Jon Hulburd in the polls for months. Which is no so surprise since the 3rd district is very conservative. But according to The Arizona Republic “the race between Republican Ben Quayle and Democrat Jon Hulburd could go down to the wire. Most telling are the numbers for Quayle.”
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| The Dirty, formely know as the Dirty Scottsdale |
The Republic goes on to say “The poll, taken by a Democratic polling firm, says that Democrats dislike him. No surprise there. But if this poll is to be believed, so do 30 percent of the Republicans in the 3rd Congressional District and 51 percent of that holy grail of politics, the independent voter.” The poll was done by Democratic pollster Public Policy Polling. It surveyed 655 likely voters and showed Hulburd and Quayle in a dead heat with 10 percent undecided. This is a big deal focusing on the fact that this seat should be floating into Republican hands. With these recent polls, Quayle’s attack ad on President Obama and his link to the Dirty Scottsdale, a racy website that was the predecessor to TheDirty.com he has a lot of extra baggage going in to Election Day.
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Jon Hulburd biggest problem or baggage right now is Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. According to the Arizona Republic “Conservative Democratic congressmen across the country are distancing themselves from the House speaker - with some even saying they won't vote for her to remain as speaker should Democrats retain control - Hulburd, 50, isn't ready to dump Pelosi to improve his chances,” the article goes on to say Hulburd is “no automatic vote for Pelosi or Obama but says he'll support Pelosi for speaker in exchange for an immediate vote on extending the Bush tax cuts, additional resources to secure the border and a commitment to growing the solar industry.” He says “I'll support her if she shows her priorities are what I consider my district's priorities, my priorities.” In the end the election will come down to who carried their baggage better during the campaign.
Obviously negative campaigning and attack ads are going to occur during election season, and it is a staple in American politics. But Quayle's recent attempt to connect this ridiculous website with Obama is a joke. Has it really come to this? I feel that Quayle trying to make this connection actually makes him look worse than anything he was trying to prove.
ReplyDeleteGoing off of what BN commented, do you think that some Republicans and many Independents will "see through" these negative connections made by Quayle and change their support or not turn out to the polls? Despite the historically strong republican district, for Quayle to make extraordinary negative connections, may influence voters to reconsider his integrity.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what BN said. I believe that Quayle's ridiculous attempts to link the website with Obama will hurt his image and reputation more in the end than it will his opponent's. It seems as if Quayle could not dig up anything on Hulburd so he resorted to such ridiculous and extreme tactics. I think that candidates should be focusing more on promoting their own image than trashing their opponents.
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