Morning Jolt: Ed Gillespie's Clever Play in the Virginia Gubernatorial

Today making the click-through worthwhile: Ed Gillespie re-uses a shrewd move in Virginia's governor's race, why a government shutdown would be another example of Republicans shooting themselves in their own feet, and how Twitter makes journalists dumber.

A Familiar Move From the Gillespie Playbook

Really late in Virginia's 2014 campaign, everyone thought Democrat incumbent Mark Warner was going to skate to an easy victory over Ed Gillespie. September polls had Warner up by 20 and the final Real Clear Politics average had the Democrat ahead by almost 10 points.

Then, in late October, the Republican aired an ad during Monday Night Football when the Washington Redskins were playing the Dallas Cowboys.

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a bill to force the Redskins to change their name," the narrator says in the ad for Gillespie. "Mark Warner refused to answer if he ...

August 24 2017

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