Burr’s Edge

Richard Burr has a much easier primary campaign than Kenneth Lewis or Elaine Marshall. But he has an ad on TV, and they don’t.
 
That dramatizes the huge financial advantage Burr has this year.
 
His ad is notable for two things: black faces and veterans. He’s softening any Tea Party-image with general-election voters. And he’s inoculating himself against Democratic attacks on holding up veterans’ benefits.
 
He can afford to. He has over $4 million in the bank. Lewis, Marshall and Cal Cunningham are scratching for dollars.
 
And, once again, Burr has the luck of good timing. He got elected to Congress in the 1994 GOP sweep. He won the Senate seat in the 2004 Bush reelection sweep. And he’s up for reelection in what should be a Republican year.
 
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. And it’s always better to have lots of campaign cash.
 
 
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Burr’s Edge

Richard Burr has a much easier primary campaign than Kenneth Lewis or Elaine Marshall. But he has an ad on TV, and they don’t.
 
That dramatizes the huge financial advantage Burr has this year.
 
His ad is notable for two things: black faces and veterans. He’s softening any Tea Party-image with general-election voters. And he’s inoculating himself against Democratic attacks on holding up veterans’ benefits.
 
He can afford to. He has over $4 million in the bank. Lewis, Marshall and Cal Cunningham are scratching for dollars.
 
And, once again, Burr has the luck of good timing. He got elected to Congress in the 1994 GOP sweep. He won the Senate seat in the 2004 Bush reelection sweep. And he’s up for reelection in what should be a Republican year.
 
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. And it’s always better to have lots of campaign cash.
 
 
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