Happy Monday! We're in the homestretch of the midterm elections, which are now just four weeks away! Of course, that means political ads ranging from the negative to the nonsensical are beginning to dominate your TV's. Luckily, in House District 1 Republican John Sullivan went uncontested by Democrats, so in this media market we're being subjected to one less political campaign than usual.
In District 2, however, Dan Boren is in a race against... well... I'm not sure who he's in a race against, because I haven't seen any of his opponent's ads. But what I did find interesting is that none of Congressman Boren's ads mention the fact that he is a Democrat. Now keep in mind that district 2 covers the eastern portion of Oklahoma, which has historically voted Democrat. In fact, Tom Coburn's election to the House in 1994 made him the first Republican to serve eastern Oklahoma since 1921, and no Republican has served that district since.
We all know that Oklahoma is the reddest of red states, but is our political climate really so polarizing that Congresssman Boren can't state the fact that he's a Democrat? As a communications person, of course I find this fascinating.
I'll let you check out his ads for yourselves!
http://www.borenforcongress.com/
Interesting. I have seen his ads and didn't notice he had forsaken his party. I think it's cheap he's using his child in his commercials.
ReplyDeleteThe commercial before the primary election with him sitting on a deer stand was just plain silly!
Anyway, glad I saw your blog and read your observation.
It's a strange time for Ds - House Dems went from begging Obama to make district fundraising stops to not-so-politely asking him to stay away (even though he is sure to bring in the big bucks). The unfortunate timing of being the party in charge of the WH and both chambers when the economic recovery is moving at glacial pace has made the Donkey the new Scarlet Letter...which is totally unfair to us harlots.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like it's becoming more common for both parties. In this ad Sarah Palin released online recently, she never once mentions being the Republican party.
ReplyDeletehttp://video.theweek.com/video/Sarah-Palins-Tea-Party-ad
Almost makes you wonder if Tea Partiers are breaking away to become a new distinct and separate party.
I'm sure the reason for this is Dan has alot of money in case he had drawn a strong GOP challenger. And instead of sitting back and assuming he'll win the race, he's burning some of that money just to solidify his position.
ReplyDeleteFivethirtyeight.com rates his district as solid D, so there's really no chance of him losing.