The article makes the claim the Democrat’s are becoming fiercer with their use of the media and that the use of negative ads is to “localize the races.” I think this claim is correct, because the term “localize the races” is to get the candidate to become more familiar with in their community. Because at the end of the day they have to vote. So sometimes getting to know a candidate becomes more then there history with the government or schooling back ground it becomes personal. What they like to eat, what they watch on television or what they like to do on Saturdays with their family. Democratic consultant Steve McMahon says “when you’re talking about whether an individual really belongs in Congress, you’re not talking about the national issues.” And this is exactly what the Democrat’s are focused on not their opponent’s positions on national policies. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent the last year digging into the background of the penitential Republican candidates. Anything dealing with public record was fair game like “lawsuits, tax filing, reports from the Better Business Bureau and divorces.”
Do you think the Democrat’s can be any fiercer? This is what the Democrats’ found about their Republican opponents “dishonest used-car salesman”, four hundred times for fraud, lying, and discrimination to costumers about repairs. Countless times of overcharging for services while endangering people’s safety. Giving new meaning to the phrase ‘“buyer[s] bewares!”’ and countless out findings involving “predatory real estate” and three hundred forecloses sending homeowners out on the street because they cannot pay mortgage. And other candidates who ‘“got rich while there construction company overcharged taxpayers thousands, was sued three times for injuries caused by faulty construction and was cited 12 times for health and safety violations.”’ But while the Democrat’s are using negative ads what is the Republican’s party’s comeback?
The ads are having a negative effect on the candidates because many of the Republican candidates do not have name recognition with their constitutions. The Republican’s need 39 seats in the House to have a majority and many of their nominees have never run for office before they all have a business background which often includes a “trail of documents.”
Although all the evidence seems to be in the favor of the Democratic Party will they are able to remain in power. Because not for nothing sometimes change can work as a benefit and really no matter how much background information is dug up on a specific person the outcome of the election rest on the people. And just like the Democrats’ are digging up dirt on the Republican opponents you can only assume that the Republicans’ are also digging up dirt on their Democratic opponent.
If the Democrats happen to lose the House this will most defiantly affect policy making in the Congress because we will have a split Congress. And history has proof that a split Congress will most likely cause stalemate. But because the midterm elections is not for another month new will all have to wait and see what happens.
