Hey, remember the news about the new conservative PAC, Vermonters First? THe brand-new group that’s about to pour $70,000 into a two-week barrage of TV ads on behalf of Republican candidates?
Well, I was wrong about one little detail.
They’re not supporting Randy Brock.
As Seven Days’ Paul Heintz reports,
The group plans to run two 15-second commercials spotlighting Republican state auditor candidate Vince Illuzzi and Republican state treasurer candidate Wendy Wilton.
Two observations. First: it’ll be interesting to see if this big-money conservative backing takes any of the “bipartisan” shine off Illuzzi.
Second: 70 large, and not a penny for ol’ Randy? That means one of two things: either Vermonters First is working its way up to Brock… or they’ve already given up on the guy, and see Illuzzi and WIlton as the hopefuls who might actually win if they get a little help. (Phil Scott doesn’t look to need any outside assistance.)
Sigh. Well, the deep-pocketed rats might be leaving Brock’s sinking ship (Titanicampaign?), but at least he’ll always have his furry little friend.
It’s the same guy who was shopping with him for closet organizers in New Hampshire.
I got a phone call yesterday evening from a poll asking questions about the treasurer’s race. It sounds like they are testing messages for their ads.
They asked who I preferred. Then they asked some of “if you knew X about Beth Pearce, would it make you less likely to vote for her” questions. The ones I remember are that she supposedly endorsed Shumlin’s single-payer plan before calculating its cost, and she thinks public employees should not have to pay in more money to get retirement benefits they earned in past years. There also tested some positive messages about Wilton, along the lines of what a great job she has done as treasurer for Rutland.