Post by Logan on Jun 21, 2016 4:50:58 GMT -6
Russ Feingold says Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is running a "low energy campaign"
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold's campaign manager said Monday that Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is running a "low energy campaign" and if outside support dries up, "he can always ride Donald Trump's coattails."
The snarky jabs at Johnson, referring to Trump's own assessment of former presidential rival Jeb Bush as "low energy," came in a memo emailed Monday from Feingold's campaign manager Tom Russell.
In the memo, addressed to interested parties, Russell touts a pair of polls released last week showing Feingold leading Johnson in the rematch of their 2010 race.
Campaigns typically downplay bad poll numbers and temper their reactions to positive ones, especially when they come nearly five months before an election. But Russell chose to crow on Monday given that the positive poll numbers came after Johnson's allies spent millions on new attack ads in the race.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold's campaign manager said Monday that Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is running a "low energy campaign" and if outside support dries up, "he can always ride Donald Trump's coattails."
The snarky jabs at Johnson, referring to Trump's own assessment of former presidential rival Jeb Bush as "low energy," came in a memo emailed Monday from Feingold's campaign manager Tom Russell.
In the memo, addressed to interested parties, Russell touts a pair of polls released last week showing Feingold leading Johnson in the rematch of their 2010 race.
Campaigns typically downplay bad poll numbers and temper their reactions to positive ones, especially when they come nearly five months before an election. But Russell chose to crow on Monday given that the positive poll numbers came after Johnson's allies spent millions on new attack ads in the race.
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