The issues in a campaign are fair game and that involves laying out candidates positions and sometimes simultaneously going after or contrasting your opponent's positions. This is politics folks and that is what it is about, competing ideas, for pete's sake get over the false perception that mentioning your opponent's position is negative and let us hear and read how candidates oppose each other's thoughts.
On the other hand, if a campaign digresses to the point where they are mentioning the opponent in the personal context then they are running a negative campaign, and that includes showing a candidate's house in an attempt to begin a class warfare fight.
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Addie Jenne made some interesting comments today."That's how I'm going to be campaigning.""...going to be..." The 118th Assembly district is a large district, which cannot be covered in less than 60 days when you decide to start campaigning. Voters want to meet the candidates and be asked for their support, taking voters for granted because it has been a Democratic seat and you have union support is a losing strategy.
Mrs. Russell said she has not received funds from DACC "at this point," but said her relationship with the Albany group was "pretty preliminary."The reality is that it is not preliminary now. Money follows poll numbers, it is that simple. Organizations decide their strategic races, count heads by polling and invest money, so the conclusion is either DACC is not interested in this race or her polls numbers are not good enough. She would have had photos shoot and commercials cut at this point and just like Cantwell approving or disapproving mailers. In the scenario of an Addie Jenne Russell win, she will be a marginal member by Sheldon Silver's standards.
DACC invested in Darrel Aubertine because they wanted the seat, which was when Silver had his sights on a veto proof majority, which is 100+ members, he has that and some now.
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