Racy Ads in the Governor's Race Plus a Look at Down Ballot Races

So let's talk a little bit about, to start, this kind of You get these kind of controversies during the campaign silly season that we're in, which is, you know, the days, few days and weeks before the election.

So Steve Hilton, you know, we've talked a lot about the governor's race.

He's out there, you know, putting out interesting ideas.

It seems like he has a new platform idea every day that he's coming out with.

And He caught some flack, surprisingly, from conservatives for some, well, let's call them racy, maybe edgy ads that he's been putting out.

And the point of the ads, right, are to say, hey, break out of your orthodoxy, take a chance and electing a Republican like Steve Hilton to the governorship.

And one of them had like a yoga type pose.

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But the one where he's getting a lot of controversy for was a couple of younger lesbians who were engaged in maybe a more intimate evening discussing the governor's race and come on, try it.

And the come on, try it was voting for Steve Hilton.

I don't know if that ad was my cup of tea, not for the lesbian themes, but just for it might have been too cute by half.

But I don't know.

When you're 20 to 25 points behind, I think you got to try things outside the box.

And while this one particular ad may not have landed.

I don't know.

If I were Steve Hilton, I feel like anything's game at this point of the campaign.

Matt, what do you make of this controversy? Is this a faux outrage or do the people criticizing these ads have a point?

Tim, listeners might remember that we teased this ad actually the last time you and I did the podcast.

I had watched it just before we went to record.

And at the very end, we talked about it just a little bit.

And since that time, you've had a chance to watch it, and we've had a chance to sort of see the fallout.

And look, on Twitter, it was panned pretty badly.

His so-called running mate, because they don't really have running mates, but his so-called running mate running for Attorney General Michael Gates denounced the ad on Twitter, and other people were also denouncing the ad on Twitter.

Obviously, it's a backfire.

There's no other way to put that.

So let's talk a little bit about, to start, this kind of You get these kind of controversies during the campaign silly season that we're in, which is, you know, the days, few days and weeks before the election.

So Steve Hilton, you know, we've talked a lot about the governor's race.

He's out there, you know, putting out interesting ideas.

It seems like he has a new platform idea every day that he's coming out with.

And He caught some flack, surprisingly, from conservatives for some, well, let's call them racy, maybe edgy ads that he's been putting out.

And the point of the ads, right, are to say, hey, break out of your orthodoxy, take a chance and electing a Republican like Steve Hilton to the governorship.

And one of them had like a yoga type pose.

guy.

But the one where he's getting a lot of controversy for was a couple of younger lesbians who were engaged in maybe a more intimate evening discussing the governor's race and come on, try it.

And the come on, try it was voting for Steve Hilton.

I don't know if that ad was my cup of tea, not for the lesbian themes, but just for it might have been too cute by half.

But I don't know.

When you're 20 to 25 points behind, I think you got to try things outside the box.

And while this one particular ad may not have landed.

I don't know.

If I were Steve Hilton, I feel like anything's game at this point of the campaign.

Matt, what do you make of this controversy? Is this a faux outrage or do the people criticizing these ads have a point?

Tim, listeners might remember that we teased this ad actually the last time you and I did the podcast.

I had watched it just before we went to record.

And at the very end, we talked about it just a little bit.

And since that time, you've had a chance to watch it, and we've had a chance to sort of see the fallout.

And look, on Twitter, it was panned pretty badly.

His so-called running mate, because they don't really have running mates, but his so-called running mate running for Attorney General Michael Gates denounced the ad on Twitter, and other people were also denouncing the ad on Twitter.

Obviously, it's a backfire.

There's no other way to put that.