For the week of May 30:
Little has been heard from Nut this week. The only news was that the "bling thing" still had some legs -- you know, the half-million credit line at Tiffany's. While it's perfectly legal, it hurt Nut's image.
Instead of the hard-working, Big Ideas man who can start up a new think tank or foundation before breakfast, we were suddenly reminded of his philandering past. The jewels were apparently for his wife, but that only served to remind us that Callista was the mistress with whom he had a long-running affair while married to wife #2.
On top of that, any ostentatious display of wealth to those without jobs or who lost their homes will hurt your cause. Not that Nut tried to "display" this -- it was picked up in some sleuthing, including Callistat's financial disclosure records for her government job.
Maybe Nut's been out there this week on the ground shaking hands in Iowa and New Hampshire, but he hasn't done much that attracted news coverage -- or else there is a media boycott.
Which is a good thing, I guess. With Nut still languishing in the polls, pulling 6 to 8% and often behind Michael Cain, the only way he can move up from there is to make a big splash. And Nut's splashes usually turn into disasters.
My guess is that the campaign strategy is: stay out of the spotlight for a while and hope people forget. Then come back and try to think before you speak.
Ralph
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More bad news for Nut in new polls that show his "favorablity" ratings have dropped. The big problem here is that he has among the highest name familiarity and still isn't well liked.
ReplyDeleteCompare that with someone not well known, he scores low on "favorable" simply because people don't know him/her well enough to have an opinion. They tend to have very high undecided scores.
Not so with Nut. His familiarity is in the high 80%s -- so he doesn't have much room for improvement.