Tactics vs. Environment
November 7, 2017 at 9:01 am EST By Taegan Goddard
First Read: This feels like the most consequential off-year election weve seen since 1993, when Republicans Rudy Giuliani (in New York), Christine Todd Whitman (in New Jersey) and George Allen (in Virginia) all won, foreshadowing what would happen in the 1994 midterms the next year.
Every political strategist is watching tonights Virginia gubernatorial contest, which likely will come down to this question: Whats the more powerful force the political environment (which looks rough for President Trump and the GOP) or campaign tactics (like Republican Ed Gillespies tough TV ads against Democrat Ralph Northam)?
Northam has tried to capitalize on the environment, especially given President Trumps job rating in the 30s in the state
Gillespie, meanwhile, has run the more aggressive campaign and hes had to. Borrowing from the Trump playbook, Gillespie has hit Northam with TV ads on crime, illegal immigration and Virginias Civil War monuments. Hes even tied Northam to a child pornographer.
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