Jeff Beatty Uphill Fight/Name Recognition

Republican Candidate for Senate Jeff Beatty is going to face an uphill battle in his attempt to beat John Kerry in the November Election. His position on the issues may not be the problem so much as it is that no one knows who he is.

A recent Rasmussen Poll showed Kerry with a 27 percent lead in the polls. But while in favorable ratings Beatty had a whopping 41 percent of people who where polled saying they were "not sure". This points to the fact that he lacks name recognition at this point.

So if I were Jeff Beatty I would not put so much focus on the 30 second campaign adds. I would throw most of my energy pounding the pavement meeting people, and getting myself on the news shows.

Beatty's message is simple, "Relevant Experience". He states that he had an opportunity to challenge the Bush Administration on the Iraq War prior to the invasion. He has stated several times that given the evidence that was presented to him he would not have supported the Iraq war. He points to the primary factors relating to the intelligence not coming from American Boots on the ground, but from foreign contacts who received payment based on the amount of information they gave. So in essence, the United Stated had no first hand evidence of WMD's or anything else related to our reasons for invasion.

John Kerry voted for the War.

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