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Thursday, December 11, 2003
2004 Georgia
You remember George Nethercutt (white guy, combover, hates it when soldiers die because it makes Marmaduke a little less funny that day)? Well we remember him. In fact our link to the deaths of the American soldiers in Iraq that Nethercutt casually dismisses, is named after him: The Nether-Count. (It's over on the left. No. Your other left. Oh jeez, here it is. Honestly...). Anyway, George is gearing up for a Senate run against Patty Murray, and it looks like it's going to get ugly:
Election night is a little less than a year away, but already fingers are pointing in the race for U.S. Senate.
The charge? Which candidate in Washington state is going to run the most negative campaign.
While supporters of Democratic incumbent Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. George Nethercutt, R-Spokane, say they will stick to the issues, the first volleys in the contest have been about tactics that, for the most part, have yet to be seen.
Already, even staffing decisions are becoming campaign fodder.
Nethercutt is said to be close to hiring veteran political operative Dick Wadhams as his campaign manager, a signal, say Democrats, that the contest will soon turn nasty.
"If George Nethercutt is hiring this guy, he's clearly tipping his hand to the kind of campaign he's going to run," said Brad Woodhouse, a spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C.
"He'll run a low-down, dirty campaign."
Wadhams could not be reached for this story.
[snip]
For months, Murray supporters have warned that the Republicans will mount a bare-knuckle effort next year.
In October, the Murray campaign sent out a package to reporters noting that GOP officials in Washington, D.C., were calling Washington state their "2004 Georgia."
Daniel Allen, communications director for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said the connection is simple: Georgia was a sleeper race last year that matched a Democratic incumbent against a Republican challenger, and the Democrat lost.
But state Democrats see something more insidious in the Georgia comparison.
Although Wadhams did not work on the Georgia race, Albert sees it as the type of campaign that "is not in the best interest of the state."
The Republican, Rep. Saxby Chambliss, ran a television ad that included images of Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, and criticized the homeland-security record of incumbent Democrat Max Cleland, a Vietnam War veteran who lost three limbs in combat.
The ad angered Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and others who said it unfairly questioned Cleland's patriotism.
Allen defended the ad, saying: "The only thing negative about the ad was Max Cleland's record."
Here's more about George:
In a long talk during a long drive back into Spokane, the soon-to-be giant killer of Washington politics came across as conservative but open-minded, an affable, civil antithesis to local hate radio hosts snapping like jackals at his opponent.
If George Nethercutt toppled House Speaker Tom Foley, your scribe wondered that night in 1994, would 5th District voters not be replacing one classy guy with another?
The question was answered two years later at Gonzaga University. A student rose to politely but critically question Rep. Nethercutt, star of the Republicans' "Class of '94," about a House plan to jack up the price tag for federal student loans.
Nethercutt threw up an evasive flurry about "fees." The student homed in with a follow-up quoting The Wall Street Journal. The microphone was then turned off. Nethercutt turned away. The questioner found himself flanked by Nethercutt aides. The student (an Eagle Scout) was berated for rudeness and "bad citizenship."
Courtly Tom Foley would have spent all night answering the kid's questions.
A thin-skinned, lying, flag-waving moron....must be a George thing.
(Thanks to Susan for the link)
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