NY-20: NRCC Buckles Tedisco Into Passenger’s Seat For Drive Off Cliff

Following up on James’s post from last night (which gets my vote for funniest diary title of the year), it looks like the NRCC is putting its foot down and not letting Jim Tedisco go rogue. Tedisco has vowed to seize control of his message and run only positive ads in the remaining three weeks… not a bad idea, considering that one of the tidbits buried in the game-changing Siena poll from yesterday was that his negative ads were killing him. The poll found that Tedisco’s ads made 12% of voters more likely to back him, while 28% were less likely.

Not so fast, says the NRCC. They’re professionals, they know exactly what works based on their previous excellent track record, and are just going to keep running negative ads on Tedisco’s behalf, regardless of his ingratitude. According to NRCC spokesperson Ken Spain:

“The NRCC has an obligation to hold Scott Murphy accountable for the past he is trying to hide as a Wall Street executive whose actions represent everything that has gone wrong with our economy. We have no plans to shirk our responsibilities.”

(Cue footage of Tedisco pounding his head on his desk.)

Also today, as part of a somewhat smarter ad campaign, the Scott Murphy campaign rolled out a new ad starring the most popular person in NY-20 according to Siena: Kirsten Gillibrand, who sports a deity-like 78% favorable rating. (The ad doesn’t seem to be YouTubed yet, but you can see it at the Murphy website in the lower right corner.)