Russ Feingold’s Garage Back On The Airwaves
This is what I have been waiting for when it comes to advertising from the Russ Feingold campaign.
Connecting back to the roots of what propelled Feingold upwards in state politics with humor and neighborhood appeal has been lacking this year. As such I think it has hurt Feingold’s campaign, and created the lack of energy and dulled forward movement in the polls.
Russ Feingold is not only correct when it comes to casting votes in the Senate, but he is someone with considerable political skills. At times though this summer I have wondered if those skills were in need of some sharpening. When it came to the drilling for oil in Lake Michigan period of the campaign I think many became concerned that he may have lost the ability to connect with voters as he once did. He seemed unable to attack and make his points as he once did in previous races.
This new garage ad is hopefully the start of a fresh batch of effective spots that will continue the theme that resonated among voters years ago. After all, Wisconsin needs Russ Feingold. We need him to win the election. But to win he needs a smarter and more effective campaign to be undertaken to jazz up the voters.
I thought this was a terrible ad. The election isn’t about Russ Feingold – it’s about what he or Johnson want to do for the people of the state. Only a tiny class of political junkies remember his 1992 ads, which had little to do with his fluke victory in that primary in any case. I’ll vote for Feingold, despite his near-total lack of accomplishments or influence in the Senate, because I’m a Democrat and Johnson is crazy. But this isn’t going to do it for him. People are rightly angry about the state of the economy, and this ad just reminds them that he’s been around for decades.