Michael Bennet reveals shocking secret…that Romanoff has been talking about for a year.
Last night Michael Bennet lost the battle to control the message. While his previous ads had been positive talking about himself, Bennet made the mistake of engaging on the one issue people can identify with Andrew Romanoff: campaign contributions.
The Bennet campaign released a new attack ad telling people what Andrew Romanoff has been saying since he started the campaign: that he has learned from his years of legislative experience and no longer takes PAC special interest money
Romanoff has never made a secret of how he came to this conclusion. Like a former McDonald’s addict who realized the long term effects of the junk food and no longer eats Big Macs, Romanoff is one of the few candidates in the country to break free of their corporate addiction.
As he says “I am not a perfect messenger”
If Bennet wants to continue to make an issue of this, he will continue to lose control of the message. Bennet’s ad will make more people think and talk about this issue. When they do, they will see one candidate who has turned away from the special interests and one who continues to let them control him.
“Part of changing the culture is recognizing that special interests and lobbyists, the insurance companies, the banks, the drug companies, the HMO’s, they have come to dictate the agenda in Washington. And the only way that you break out of that, so that ordinary people’s voices are heard, is if you stop taking money from PACs and lobbyists like I have.”
–President Barack Obama
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The more Bennet wants to make this an issue in the public discourse, the more people will examine his votes in comparison to his contributions.
why are you turning out a dairy a day whining about them?
You’ve gone from a Romanoff supporter in the vein of MikeD1970 to a Bennet supporter in the course of 7 months. Not that I’m complaining, but there’s definitely been a change in the tone of your commentary on this race. A stark change.
I realized AR was seeking the nomination on terms that guaranteed he’d lose in the general. Who needs that?
As others have noted, AR’s PAC was still open for business until four days before AR announced he was running. Only after he learned he wouldn’t be receiving PAC money did he “convert.”
Just one more example of “About Face Andrew.”
But if so, that’s just making a virtue out of a necessity. And that has led many politicians to accomplish great things. So I don’t see it as a reason to ping AR.
If he wants to explain why he took tens of thousands of dollars from PACs’ over the years, including years where he had no primary opponent and ran unopposed, let him spend his measly cash on hand to do it.
This is what happens when you arrive at a gun fight with a spatula, AR supporters. You get gunned down.
Oh wait, we’re not on the playground 🙂
I think Bennet’s response could actually hurt Bennet. His answer comes across as yes PACs buy influence, but Romanoff used to be bought too so we’re both tainted. I think that hurts Bennet when it’s still bought (Bennet) vs used to be bought (Romanoff).
to the average voter, David. Please, spend that money!
I think the facts will speak for themselves.
Did you read the Statesman articles on the Colorado Springs debate?
Seriously.
to fight off his oppponent’s “defamation”.
He really really really needs that new ad to play more? Or he’s hoping to cut a new response ad? Maybe he wasn’t expecting Bennet to respond quite so quickly?