Moore Like Hillary or Romney.
What is going wrong with Richard Moore's campaign for Governor? After pulling an ineffective ad portraying the Treasurer as an angry white guy who doesn't want complex issues to be studied any more, he now borrows from the losing campaign playbooks of Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney.
The Treasurer is calling for more debates with his opponent, Beverly Perdue. This echoes Hillary's calls for more debates with Obama which was seen as a desperate call from a campaign that is behind in both the polls and money. Front runners rarely call for more debates. Candidates whose campaigns are showing positive traction rarely call for more debates. Personally, I favor debates, but what does it tell you about the current state of the Moore campaign that these calls are coming so early in the campaign? Is it already desperation time?
And just in case the Moore camp is thinking that using debate ducking as a winning issue, it didn't work for Hillary.
Evidently, not content to adopt Hillary's failing strategy, the Treasurer channeled Mitt Romney's campaign stating: "We are running to be the CEO of the tenth-largest state and manage a $20 billion budget. Voters deserve to hear directly from the candidates in a format that forces them to go beyond scripted talking points."
Really? I don't think we are voting for a CEO. This government official as CEO tact certainly didn't work for the Romney campaign. And I doubt it will work in NC either. Who wants a Governor thinking and acting like a CEO; many of whom the Treasurer has rightly criticized.
Moore's reference to equating the Governor to a CEO is more perplexing because it seemingly reinforces his weakness: That he is more Wall Street than Main Street. Why reinforce that perception?
The early Moore campaign, seemed to be clever, well organized, and on message, I am wondering what has happened.
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This race has such a weird dynamic.
Between all of the money involved, the minor minor policy differences, and shit show or characters on the right, I can't really say this race has consumed even a fraction of my interest. I'm not sure if either the candidates are just so unappealing to me, or if this insanely interesting LG race kind of ruins it for me, but at this point it seems like more of a beauty contest. Who knows.
nicely put,
you summed up what I've been thinking these last few months but haven't been able to articulate. thanks!
Debate seems like a winning idea.
It might be nice to sharpen up what issues are of importance to the candidates, and what solutions are proposed. At this point, I think I have to agreee with Christopher's analysis.