John Faso is playing directly to his base with an attack ad against Eliot Spitzer that begins airing only in upstate markets today. The ad is pretty grim. It features a single lightbulb hanging in a dark, smoke-filled room along with an image of Spitzer juxtaposed with the words "New York." Faso is nowhere to be found in the ad. Instead, the voice of a female narrator says:
"New Yorkers already pay some of the highest taxes in the nation. Our kids are moving elsewhere for better jobs and some can’t even afford to pay the taxes on their homes. Now candidate Eliot Spitzer is making promises to his special interest friends, almost $70 billion in new spending. His new spending will mean thousands more in new taxes for every New York family. If Eliot Spitzer gets his way, it may be time for the last one in upstate New York to turn out the light."
Can Faso make up his 50-point deficit in the polls with this strategy?
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Since he's behind by 50 points upstate -- can you really call that area Faso's "base."