Voting for Attention

With election day looming near, issues keep emerging that are going to be on ballots across the country that do not have anything to do with any specific candidate. This November, ballots across the country are going to address issues from marijuana, alcohol, guns, bears, abortion, drug testing doctors, doctor malpractice, and minimum wage. While there are many tight races for the House of Representatives and the Senate, these issues also need voter turn out. Many times the issues at the local level are drowned out because of the political noise that comes with a major election year such as this.

Although these issues do not draw the media attention that the midterm elections do, these issues are what make the United States the way that it is. No one is mandating changes, the issues are put up for a vote and if citizens want it changed, this is their opportunity. Just remember, if you don't vote, you can complain. 

A Three Ring Circus Campaign

A few weeks ago I wrote an article about Texas Senate candidate, Wendy Davis, Crossing the Line in an attack ad she released about her opponent for the open Texas Senate seat, Greg Abbott. Since I wrote that article, Wendy Davis's campaign has continued down the path of being more of a three wring circus rather than a political campaign. I came across a headline today that reads:

Confirmed: Wendy Davis Literally Has THE Worst Twitter Campaign Of All Time

Whoever is running her Twitter Campaign account needs to find another line of work. As early voting has begun in the State of Texas, the Wendy Davis Campaign Twitter posted a tweet yesterday

The problem, the picture that the Wendy Davis Campaign used was stolen from the College Republican Federation of Virginia. The act did not go unnoticed: 

 

College RepublicansVerified account‏@CRNC

We are so proud of OUR College Republicans in Virginia @CRFV -- (even though @WendyDavisTexas tried to steal you)

 Washington, DC

Although the tweet was deleted not long after it started grabbing the attention of conservatives across the nation, the screenshots of the tweet have been verified that they did indeed come from the Wendy Davis Campaign. This is just another incident in a long line of circus acts that have been attempted in order to try and win the open Texas Senate Seat.

The Blame Game

In a desperate attempt to beat Republican candidates in the upcoming elections, "A liberal advocacy group is blaming Republicans for the Ebola crisis in a new ad that will first air on TV in Kentucky next weekend."  The ad is set to begin running in Kentucky next week with additional versions being created for Iowa and North Carolina.

With a potential spread of the ebola virus in the United States, the fact that there is a group using this crisis in an attempt for a political advantage is just sad. This is a time that the country should be coming together to show strength, not partisan division. 

Crossing the Line

As November 4th gets closer, political campaigns are kicking it up a notch in an attempt to propel their campaign into the lead. Out in Texas, the campaign of gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott

has come under fire from his opponent, Texas State Senator, Wendy Davis.

Anyone who has been following the Texas Governors Race is very familiar with Wendy Davis. Davis is the State Senator who drew national attention after filibustering 13 hours to stop the passage of the countries strictest abortion regulations.

This past week, Davis released an attack ad aimed at her gubernatorial competition, Greg Abbott.

As a result, the news media has been saturated with surprise and outrage. Headlines have consisted of titles such as 

Watch the ‘Disgusting’ Wendy Davis Ad That’s Being Condemned as a ‘Historic Low’

Even MSNBC Won't Support Controversial Wendy Davis Wheelchair Ad

‘Tone deafness personified': Wendy Davis campaign begins soft backpedal on wheelchair ad

This ad brings about the question of whether political attack ads are beneficial to a candidates campaign or do they turn voters away because of their content?

Climate Change?

With midterm elections starting to reach the point of "fight or flight", there are some races that are coming to the point of ridiculousness. An example of this can be seen in the Colorado Senate Race. This week MSNBC released an article titled:

GOP Senate candidate won’t answer on climate change

Apparently, the race is tight enough that the left is scratching and fighting to gain an edge. Their issue of choice, Global Warming... With everything that is going on in the Country, they choose GLOBAL WARMING... To make it even better, the author references other articles, written by himself. Im sorry, I understand that climate change may be an issue but when it comes to elections, there are much bigger issues that a Senator must deal with.

I guess when it comes to winning an election, the left is throwing a drag net out and attempting to catch any issue it can to keep control of the Senate after this November.