DSCC Anti-Palin Attack Ad FAIL

What were they thinking? Some genius at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) cooked up a plan to link Gov. Sarah Palin, by virtue of her announced intention to resign, to New Hampshire attorney general Kelly Ayotte and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. Ayotte is resigning to explore a run for the Senate, and Crist has already announced that he's running for a Senate seat.

How does this tactic FAIL? Let us count the ways...

1. NBC's Mark Murray points out:

"Ayotte and Crist are officially (or close to it) running for a different office. We don't know yet if Palin will run for president."

2. The Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee (RSCC) did a little googling and found that Barack Obama once pledged to serve his full six-year term in the Senate. The Chicago Sun-Times, edition of November 4, 2004:

"I was elected yesterday," Obama said. "I have never set foot in the U.S. Senate. I've never worked in Washington. And the notion that somehow I'm immediately going to start running for higher office just doesn't make sense. So look, I can unequivocally say I will not be running for national office in four years, and my entire focus is making sure that I'm the best possible senator on behalf of the people of Illinois."

3. Kyle Munzenrieder of the Miami New Times has a good question for the DSCC:

"What about all those Democratic governors who so eagerly resigned to take positions in the Obama administration? Not to mention the dozens of Democratic candidates who are attempting to ditch one elected office for a better one."

4. Munzenrieder also notices a less salient, but nonetheless humorous detail about the ad:

"The voices are a major fail. There are so many decent Sarah Palin impersonators out there, and this is what you got? Was this lady not available? And since when does Charlie Crist sound like a voice over artist from a PBS Civil War documentary?"

Perhaps the DSCC thought no one would notice any of the above discrepancies.

FAIL

- JP