OK, enough Mr. Nice guy, the softer side of me in the last post.
I’m wondering about politics today and the Governor’s race. An interesting thing is happening. Meg Whitman has really nasty attack ads all over the airwaves directed at Jerry Brown. Jerry Brown on the other hand isn’t hitting back yet. Some unions have placed ads, but Mr. Brown’s campaign is taking the strategy of rope-a-dope (ala Ali v. Frazier).
I guess I am not sure why Brown isn’t striking back at Meg Whitman’s record and whatever is negative in that, or maybe he won’t be walking down the negative road. Problem is negative works in campaigns. Since we really don’t know these people, we need to be told their flaws by their opponents because the candidates are not going to admit them or they’re going to varnish over them to the extent that a weakness appears to be a strength.
I need Jerry Brown’s campaign to come forward and tell me what is wrong with Meg Whitman because Meg is mum on the topic. If there’s nothing wrong with her except that she has trouble saying the word “it”, she’s going to get my vote because I can certainly see from her ads that there are lots of things wrong with Jerry Brown (as vague as all the negative allegations are in a 15 second spot).
Anyway, enough crankiness for today. Come on Jerry, get off the ropes and throw a few punches.