I am officially shilling for Keith here, I got this off his Facebook post - can someone send me some money? I've got a wedding I'm trying to pay for. Anyways, its an interesting editorial and something to chew over. He beat Herrity, so now how does he beat Connolly? There is no doubt Fimian gets a huge boost coming out of this primary, it was a big win for him. My first tactic would be juxtaposing the rants of Chairman Connolly over the federal mandates that cripple local government against the voting record of federal Congressman Connolly who has voted to impose the same spending and burdens on local government he once railed against. Use that as your basis of Gerry being a typical career politician (which he is), and that he is inherently dishonest (which he is), and only doing what he is told by the leadership to stay in their good graces (which he is).
Anyways, read the entire InsideNOVA.com article below.
EDITORIAL: November election could have very different result
Our View
Published: June 10, 2010
Keith Fimian won Tuesday's 11th Congressional District Republican primary. He will go on to face sitting Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly in November.
Connolly defeated Fimian in 2008, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee seem to think the same thing will happen in November.
"Fimian's embrace of the far right puts him out of touch with middle-class voters in Fairfax and Prince William that want a congressman who stands up for them," said Jesse Ferguson, the committee's southern regional press secretary. "Keith Fimian puts quality of life issues in Northern Virginia a distant second to his extremist agenda."
We think the Committee's confidence may be misplaced.
A lot has changed since 2008, and Fimian's conservative agenda could very well play more posi-tively with voters this time around.
Since Fimian's previous defeat, a Democratic president has been elected and massive amounts of money have been spent in an effort to stave off economic disaster. As a result, our deficit is soaring higher than it has ever flown. In addition, Obama is faced with political challenge after challenge, each of which pokes chinks in the armor of hope and change that he wore during the 2008 presidential campaign. Con-nolly, to a certain extent, donned similar armor two years ago, and as the president's popularity fades, no doubt the reputations of his Democratic cohorts are also affected.
When Obama and Connolly entered office, they were inheriting President Bush's economy. But the economy remains laggard, and that means that Fimian can run a campaign addressing the problems of what has now become Obama's economy. The driving force behind Obama's victory in 2008 could now turn on him and fellow Democrats like Connolly.
Fimian recognizes this fact and intends to capitalize.
"I will campaign on the exact same issues that carried me to victory in the primary—issues like a commitment to turning our economy around, stopping wasteful spending and getting taxes under control. Now, it's on to November," Fimian said.
Fimian knows a winning strategy when he sees it, and if Connolly isn't careful, defeat could be around the corner.
Nobody has any business underestimating the threat Fimian presents to the sitting representative of the 11th Congressional District. The race this year is a re-match, but it might not be a repeat.
"I will campaign on the exact same issues that carried me to victory in the primary"
Is he saying he is going to run an exclusively negative campaign in the general election like he did in the primary? Because I don't think that is a winning strategy for November. He won't be appealing to a small number of base voters like he did in the primary. If he doesn't present any affirmative reason why the general electorate in a Democratic leaning district should vote FOR him rather than AGAINST Connolly I think Connolly will win re-election.
This will be a fun one to watch.
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