What the DSCC is doing to Elizabeth Dole right now is the political equivalent of a punch in the gut from Muhammad Ali.PPP is based in North Carolina and they're polling for the primaries was pretty accurate.
Kay Hagan has taken a narrow lead in North Carolina's Senate race after trailing by 14 points just two months ago.
There's not much doubt where the momentum is coming from. 69% of voters in the state have seen the television ads about Elizabeth Dole's #93 ranking for effectiveness in the US Senate, and among those folks Hagan has an even wider 45-39 lead. Dole's saving grace is voters who don't watch much tv- she leads 45-34 with those who have not seen the ad.
Hagan's movement is coming with two demographics that tend to be key to Republican success in the state- white and older voters. With white voters Hagan has halved a 55-35 deficit from last month to a 47-37 one. Among senior citizens she has pulled within 43-42 after trailing 57-33 in the previous poll.
This is the ad to which the post refers. Anyone who needs a lesson in sophisticated political advertising should watch this ad. Liddy flipped her lid over this ad, which gave it even more attention:
