August 05, 2010 05:16 PM UTC

Mud in the General?

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• by: RockyMtnModerate

This primary has gotten nasty on both sides.  In a few days we’ll know whose mud has stuck, what blew back and who was able to hold and rally their troops. We can all speculate and rail or defend candidates here but the primary story is nearly over.  If we thought this had been ugly though, I’m guessing whoever wins on either side, we haven’t seen anything yet!

On the Republican side it actually seems to be more personal. Norton saying Buck isn’t man enough, Buck saying he walks in bullshit and doesn’t wear heels. Somewhere in the background has been the theme of Jane being an insider and Buck being ethically challenged.

On Romanoff and Bennet both have gone pretty far. Romanoff went from just talking about Bennet’s money and suggesting he was corrupt to his all-out assault calling Bennet a corporate raider and the next Bernie Madoff. There was what I think were some valid questions about Bennet’s work for Anschutz but Romanoff went beyond questioning it. Bennet went from having surrogates call Romanoff a career politician and a whiner to full-blown attacks on obscure votes Romanoff made years ago. There were some legitimate questions but when polls turned on him he went way beyond that to calling Romanoff a Republican in hiding who wants to destroy social security and side with Wall Street.

So with all what the Dems & Repubs have thrown at eachother, what will the winner of each primary throw at the other party’s candidate come the general? Who will be the groups playing beside the candidates themselves, the DSCC & NRSC?

If Buck wins, I’d expect the Dem to hammer him for his high-heels comments, his ethical challenges, ties to Tea Partiers and some of the crazy comments he’s been making.

If Norton wins, I’d look for the Dems to hammer her for being a Washington insider, lobbyist and John McCain connection.

If Bennet wins, I’d expect the Repubs to hammer him for being a rubber-stamp for Obama, for the slow improvement at DPS and over Anchutz but more in a populist way than the way Romanoff did.

If Romanoff wins, I’d expect Repubs to call him a career politician who flip-flopped on the things Bennet has been hitting Romanoff for and to say he’ll be just like Bennet only more liberal.

A good look at what will be said by Dems can be read here, on http://www.am760.net and on http://www.squarestate.net and for the Republican ammo, editorial pages of the paper who won’t be mentioned and on sites like the revived http://www.facethestate.com, http://www.rockymountainright.com and http://whosaidyousaid.com

What say you polsters? Without talking about who has been worse on either side in the primary, what do you expect the winners of the primaries to hit their opponent with? Who will be the outside groups who get involved?

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