In case you hadn't heard, there is a US Senate election in West Virginia this year. The incumbent, Byrd (D-Arbitrarily Coherent), is running against John Raese (R-Completely Unknown Now, Will Lose In November, Footnote For History).
The election will almost certainly be about issues, and their impact on West Virginia. The debates will be brutally frank exchanges between the two candidates that will redefine how elections should be run. (/sarcasm).
How do I know this? Raese has hired the PR team that did "Swiftboat Veterans for Truth" to help his campaign. I suspect that Raese's campaign can't be helped by anything short of pictures of Byrd with a dead girl or live boy (even his death would likely make him more popular), but I'm just speculating.
Hat Tip: Josh Marshall/TPM
Posted by baltar at March 28, 2006 08:15 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Media | Politics | West VirginiaGosh - You think him getting caught with a dead girl would really finish off his campaign? I'm not so sure about that. One, it would show he's probably still got a pulse and an ability to focus. Two, couldn't he just say she wasn't a friend of coal and she wanted to take your guns?
Seriously though, I'm wondering what Mrs. Byrd's death is going to do to the senator, and to this race.
Posted by: Armand at March 28, 2006 09:19 AM | PERMALINK