This kind of ties in with my previous post.
As reported here, "Washington state Democrats thought they could yell "Gotcha!" at Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike McGavick over some of his scandal-clouded campaign contributors, but McGavick stayed a step ahead of them.
"An FBI investigation in Alaska had the potential to embarrass the candidate because of money he received from officers of Veco, a giant Alaska oil services company. In April, Veco executives and other Arctic oil-drilling interests turned out for an Anchorage fundraising reception for the Republican's race against Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.
"FBI agents raided the offices of several Alaska state legislators last week in an investigation seemingly targeting the lawmakers' relationship with Veco.
"So on Tuesday, the day after the Labor Day weekend when Washington voters start to awaken to the fact that a primary election is two weeks away, the Washington State Democratic Party called on McGavick to return at least $12,000 in Veco contributions.
""Democrats to McGavick: Dump Dirty Money From Alaskan Oil Cronies," blared the headline on a Democratic Party news release.
"McGavick, however, had already done so, four days before the Democrats got around to criticizing him. In fact, he gave back $2,000 more in Veco money than the $12,000 the Democrats knew about.
""As soon as it became apparent that Veco was ... at least the subject of the FBI investigation, the campaign returned the contributions from all of its employees," McGavick campaign spokesman Elliott Bundy said.
"He said McGavick hadn't gone public about it because "a criminal investigation is not the subject of a political gain. A press release announcing that we were returning the money would have belittled the seriousness of the matter.
""The lack of originality on the part of the Democrats is astounding," Bundy added."
From filing a complaint with the FEC over money that McGavik legally gave to his own campaign, to running misleading ads that try to paint Cantwell as someone who supports tax cuts (which she doesn't) and that also attack President Bush's policies (Newsflash for Maria - you aren't running against Bush, remember?), to being four days late and $2,000.00 short, the state Dems and Cantwell's campaign "strategists" are clearly showing that they are woefully inept and unoriginal, while McGavik's team is showing an adroitness that hasn't been seen around here in some time.
This ability to stay several steps ahead of his opposition should be reflected in the polls come November, with McGavik being the winner, and Cantwell once again being a one-term flash in the pan.
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