[Gophack]

Well, in light of these numbers, Simon should expect Davis to start spending his war chest carpet bombing the state with negative ads.

That's what Davis is starting to do. He plans on spending $12 million over the next few months. But the fact is, he has to. His negatives are so strong that he needs to not only convince people that they are wrong about him -- remember, these people are already made up their mind to not like him -- but has to convince them that he has done a GOOD job. This is be difficult.

Negative campaigning works, but Davis has to push himself up not just tear Simon down.

And, few people are paying attention to the election right now. Summer is here, there's a major budget problem that will take up most of these hot days, and Davis is going to have his hands full. Simon should sit back, watch any movement on Davis' negatives, and organize the grassroots. Then hit Davis -- HARD -- when people ARE paying attention -- after Labor Day.

Davis is wasting money, but he has the money to waste after shaking down contributors, businesses, unions, etc for the last three and a half years.

[ElkGroveDan]

Summer is here, there's a major budget problem that will take up most of these hot days,

...and remember everyone start a load of laundry and set your thermostat to 58 degrees before you leave in the morning.

[colorado tanker]

Well, lets hope Davis blows his entire war chest on summer ads. Go Simon!

[Mind-numbed Robot]

I suspect part of the Dem strategy will be to try to take Davis off the hook by blaming "Big Oil" for the budget problems and of course Big Oil means Republicans and Simon is a Republican. Expect more Washington hearings and investigations into Enron, Williams Cos., etc. The fact that such investigations usually eventually show the Dems up to their eyeballs with these companies the timing will probably be such that this won't come out until after the election.