There is some controversy concerning and ad attacking Greg Abbott. In the ad the Wendy Davis campaign references a accident that made him differently abled and the multimillion dollar reward he received from the homeowner. This ad is definitely aggressive, and is most certainly an Hail Mary in a campaign that is tailing by double digits. On the other hand, in a campaign where Abbott's. and conservatives in general, only reason not to elect her is that she is 'Abortion Barbie', the ad is nowhere near as inappropriate as conservatives think. In fact it is clever and speaks exactly to the prejudices and weaknesses of the conservative ideology. It forms a perfect counterattack to the name calling and religious fear mongering that Texas conservatives use as the only weapon in their arsenal. Recall how Perry won against Bill White, a well respected fiscal conservative, by mobilizing the evangelical churches to push the idea that White would expand gambling, even though when he was mayor he continued to push gambling to the surrounding small cities, where I can tell you gambling is rampant.
So follow me below the fold where I unleash my inner conservative and postulate why this ad may significantly close the gap.