[Cicero]

Davis's first attack ad has already backfired. The SacBee tore into it as false advertising. See the post earlier today about the ad trying to link Simon to an S&L failure.

[daviddennis]

Even the LA Times isn't biting - it hit the front page, and Simon's "Being a director doesn't make me a manager" rebuttal was right there. Turning to the continuation page didn't get any better for Davis.

Isn't a $12 million ad buy a huge gamble for Davis? He has something like $45 million, so that's a healthy percentage of his total war chest. He'd better watch out, or he'll piss away his whole budget long before the election.

I suppose even his fundraising may be in danger at this rate, since if he looks like a poor candidate, the fat cats will stop giving him money. Therefore he has to lash out now, before things get worse. Well, it couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

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