Take your pick

a. This is a brilliant idea, providing an unknown candidate with a cut-through gimmick that helps him be remembered. The campaign strategist is a genius.

b. This is a lamentable idea, making a no-hope candidate look ridiculous, diminish his effectiveness as a Senator and reduce the chances of the only hope he has - that he might make VP on someone's else's ticket. The campaign strategist is a buffoon.

It's b for me.

Comments

[Anthony C]

Well, that would be... um...

It looks like the sort of thing that you used to see on Tarrant on TV.

And I'm still only 80 per cent certain that I get the (really, really bad) joke.

[Tony Francis]

This ad is no more ridiculous than Chris Dodd, himself: Proclaimed Roman Catholic (Latin Rite, no less); married, divorced, years of dating, remarried and the father of a 22 month old (he's 63). How old will he be when that child goes to college? Unfortunately, these are the same people who think up ways to spend our tax dollars.