George Allen's Two Minute Ad.

Taking a break from the usual Ohio stuff, one of my friends in the State of Ohio Blogger Alliance, Viking Spirit, takes a look at George Allen's unprecedented two minute ad buy.

On one hand I think this is a smart move by Allen's campaign. Allen HAS to get off the race issue to win this race, and by making this largely unprecedented move I think he will get the race back to the issues. The only reason Jim Webb is competitive in this race is because Allen has been dogged by ridiculous allegations of racisim over the past couple months or so. If the race gets back to the issues, Allen will win because Vriginia is a Republican-leaning state.

On the other hand, this smacks of depseration. The fact that Webb is even competitive with Allen, let alone in a statisical dead heat, show how bad of shape Allen is in. Allen is an entrenched incumbent, being elected as Governor and Senator of Virginia, and as I said before Virginia is a Republican-leaning state. Needless to say, Allen shouldn't be having any problems winning this race. But, when the biggest issue in the race is wether you used the 'N-word' in your college years, there's a very, very big problem.

This move may save Allen his Senate seat, but I think you can put a cork in his run for the Presidency in 2008.

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