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First, as reported by Thoughts on Mesa and East Valley Immigration, there is a whole crop of signs that have popped up with Kevin's name on them and the border crossing warning sign. The reports are that these signs are all over the place.
Secondly, not did the Republic stand up to defend Pearce, but Governor Napolitano and the East Valley Tribune did as well. Since Gibbons has done very little to establish himself and what he stands for as a candidate, most people view him as the "Anti-Pearce" candidate. The problem is, then he is associated with other anti-Pearce activities like the personal attacks put forth by "Mesa Deserves Better." Also, as I mentioned before, the fact that he donated money to a domestic abuse shelter and the ADL only shows that he probably knew what those guys were going to do before they did it.
Finally, to make matters worse, the Pearce campaign fought back by taking steps to connect the dots between Gibbons and the groups who are going after him. You can see the card posted on theRealKevinGibbons.com.
A couple of people who were on the fence because of the allegations against Pearce last week said that they saw this and it finally realizedwhat was going on. Basically, Pearce passes laws to make it harder to hire illegals immigrants. Businesses are mad about it, so they go after Pearce directly. Meanwhile, Gibbons, a nice enough guy by most accounts, is caught in the middle between an undefined platform of his own and an unpopular position set forth by the people who have helped fund his campaign. Bottom line, Pearce is getting a lot of attention from unlikely sources, and Gibbons appears to be doing very little to counteract it.
2 comments:
I have to agree that Gibbons seems to be running a faulty campaign. With public sentiment seeming to be against these mailers, he needs to be in the forefront expressing that he has plenty to disagree with Pearce without the personal attacks.
I really think that it is to late for Gibbons. He didn't establish himself before he started to attack, which is campaign school 101. You would have thought with his family back ground (Jeff Flake & Jake Flake) this would have been covered.
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