How you say it matters more than what you say
A Republican in a "red" district is having a very tough time. As kos notes:
In 2004, George Bush won Colorado's 5th CD with 66 percent of the vote. He got 190,190 votes. Kerry got a measly 93,684. It's not the sort of vote differential that gives high hopes for a Democratic House win in 2006.But Democrat Jay Fawcett has been plugging away, and he was lucky enough to be paired off against crazy Doug Lamborn . . . . outgoing Rep. Joel Heffley has urged people to not vote for Lamborn and briefly flirted with a write-in campaign to try and head off Lamborn.
With the reputable Mason-Dixon poll showing the race to be a dead heat before Fawcett has run his first ad, Lamborn's lack of self-control just gives free advertising to Fawcett. This YouTube video is getting wide play.
While Lamborn later apologized, the damage was done and is spreading.
