What’s Wrong With Dole?
I have no inside knowledge of what’s going on inside the Dole campaign. But it looks increasingly like an unhappy and divided campaign. The TV ads are terrible. Loyal Republican Dole even voted against the Wall Street bailout. That’s a sure sign she’s in trouble.
Based on some experience with dysfunctional campaigns, I’ll hazard some guesses about what’s wrong. Let’s examine the usual suspects:
The candidate: Queen Elizabeth probably can be difficult, she is likely none too happy with how things are going and she is even less likely to be blaming herself. But her fundamental problem is that she has shown little energy or effectiveness in six years.
The candidate’s spouse: This is always the most potentially disruptive – and destructive – factor in a campaign. Bob Dole was a notoriously hard candidate to handle. Can you imagine him as the candidate’s spouse?
The consultants: It struck me as odd that Tom Fetzer said publicly in the middle of this campaign that he and Mark Stephens are getting out of politics. The perennially youthful Fetzer even claimed to be getting too old. Maybe working with hard-to-work-with candidates is getting old.
Kay Hagan should hope the Doles are listening to somebody other than Fetzer and Stephens in the waning days of this race. Tom and Mark know more about
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What’s Wrong With Dole?
I have no inside knowledge of what’s going on inside the Dole campaign. But it looks increasingly like an unhappy and divided campaign. The TV ads are terrible. Loyal Republican Dole even voted against the Wall Street bailout. That’s a sure sign she’s in trouble.
Based on some experience with dysfunctional campaigns, I’ll hazard some guesses about what’s wrong. Let’s examine the usual suspects:
The candidate: Queen Elizabeth probably can be difficult, she is likely none too happy with how things are going and she is even less likely to be blaming herself. But her fundamental problem is that she has shown little energy or effectiveness in six years.
The candidate’s spouse: This is always the most potentially disruptive – and destructive – factor in a campaign. Bob Dole was a notoriously hard candidate to handle. Can you imagine him as the candidate’s spouse?
The consultants: It struck me as odd that Tom Fetzer said publicly in the middle of this campaign that he and Mark Stephens are getting out of politics. The perennially youthful Fetzer even claimed to be getting too old. Maybe working with hard-to-work-with candidates is getting old.
Kay Hagan should hope the Doles are listening to somebody other than Fetzer and Stephens in the waning days of this race. Tom and Mark know more about
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