And that's the truth. It doesn't take money. It takes vision and communications skills.
It isn't up to Simon to point out Davis' failures. They're obvious. The problem is that the "professionals" lack imagination or sufficient understanding of conservative principles to produce and sell a positive message to swing voters. If we don't come up with those alternatives and get the public to understand them, we deserve to lose. They exist.
We are all getting damned tired of excuses and promises from the campaign that it will all come out after Labor Day. That's too late to explain creative ideas and TV isn't the way to get them out cost effectively. We have a unique opportunity because of the protracted nature of this campaign and we are blowing it.
The old adage is... "In every encounter, a sale is made... Either I sell you a good idea, or you sell me on why it's no good!"
People advising/running his campaign, like old warriors, are trying to run it like campaigns of the past. We've never had this lengthy of a Guber campaign before, as you correctly point out.
There's an "opportunity cost" for not at least trying something new and different in these strange circumstances. Anything to catch the people's imagination!
Let's not forget that traditionally, campaigns gear up after labor day. To date, Simon has been holding onto his cash and letting the bad news about Dufus fester in the press. It's summer now, and only the political junkies are paying much attention. This class, on both sides (including, of course, we at FR), have already made up their minds. Advertising now would be a waste of cash. Come September, the control rods will be pulled by both sides, and the meda will of course fall behind Dufus and attack Simon full force. The best that California Republicans can do now is: 1) Contribute to Simon's campaign; and 2) Contact Simon's campaign to find out how to help in your locality.