(Some useful observations from someone tracking Senate races across the country. - promoted by Matt Singer)
[First, a cheap plug for my blog Senate 2008 Guru: Following the Races.]
As many of you know, disgraced Republican Mike Lange entered the Montana Senate race last Friday. Why on earth did he announce on a Friday? So he could enjoy all that sexy Saturday press that no one would read, of course. It's like Lange said, 'Bob Schaffer in Colorado had a stumbling, embarrassing entry into his Senate race. Let's copy that!'
Then, earlier this week, Republican rancher Rex Rammell announced that he would be entering the Idaho Senate race, regardless of primary challengers, and seemingly expecting a Larry Craig retirement and a Jim Risch entry (with which I agree). Anyway, it appears that, despite Rammell being far less known in Idaho than Lange is in Montana, and despite the fact that Rammell will be a primary underdog while Lange could very well be the Republican nominee-to-be, it seems that Rammell got more positive press for his Senate race entry than Lange did for his.
Makes Lange look pretty bad by comparison and his nascent campaign pretty inept. Just food for thought. |
