Hysterically funny article trashing Corbett's campaign hopes & in the Tribune Review!

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1. And it gets better - Tommy tries to run against still popular Ed Rendell

The Corbett campaign's curious response to the atrocious numbers was to tie Wolf to Ed Rendell, Corbett's predecessor as governor. A Corbett campaign commercial that debuted on Thursday equated voting for Wolf to voting for a third term for Rendell.

Corbett campaign spokesman Billy Pitman explained the reasoning behind the spot: “Wolf was Rendell's chief tax collector, and their administration left Pennsylvania with higher taxes, high unemployment, a $4.2 billion budget deficit and a complete failure of our children by cutting state funding for schools and using one-time stimulus funds to cover it up.”

That's all well and good, but it's a highly unusual campaign strategy to tie your opponent to someone more popular than your own candidate. Rendell was re-elected in 2006 by a 20-point margin over Republican Lynn Swann, and conceivably could have won again in 2010 were it not for term limits.

So the commercial's message essentially is this: “Remember that governor who was so popular that you re-elected him in a landslide? Guess what — our opponent is just like him.”
I can't figure out how that helps Corbett sway the undecided.

Read more: http://triblive.com/opinion/ericheyl/6661449-74/corbett-percent-wolf#ixzz3Bnh2wKfz
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