A fairly bland week out on the campaign trail. The three campaigns all launched TV spots, with a fairly normal mix of good, bad and ugly. <\/p>\n
Republican Dede Scozzafava’s campaign put in a solid, ground-game-building sort of week. But her decent showing was set back by two factors.<\/p>\n
The first was a TV and radio spot aired in the district by the National Republican Congressional Committee. <\/p>\n
The general take on the ad? Negative, snarky and, well, sort of corny. View the anti-Owens ad here<\/a>. And here’s a review<\/a> from Jude Seymour at the Watertown Daily Times. <\/p>\n The other thing dragging on Scozzafava is the fact that Doug Hoffman seems to be hanging in there<\/a>, making a real race of it.<\/p>\n Hoffman is also focusing all his firepower on the Republican, not the Democrat. Here’s his TV ad<\/a>, comparing Scozzafava to fake elvis…<\/p>\n Conservative Doug Hoffman also logged a decent week, drawing support from the conservative Club for Growth and grabbing an endorsement from the Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers.<\/p>\n As mentioned, he’s also staying solidly in the race: Every week he sticks around and looks viable, Hoffman gains a little more credibility. That’s no small thing for a 3rd-party candidate.<\/p>\n But the win goes to Democrat Bill Owens. Here’s why:<\/p>\n After a quiet start, Owens is doing what newly-minted politicians have to do. That means logging a lot of miles, building name recognition and introducing himself in a positive way.<\/p>\n