( - promoted by Eric B.)
Update! ... Below the fold, the Leyton campaign denies having anything to do with this via MIRS. ~Eric B.
This week Dem activists across MIchigan received a shady robocall, suspiciously timed after Richard Bernstein won the endorsements of Gary Peters, Mark Schauer, John Conyers, Charles Pugh, and the overwhelming majority of the Capitol Caucus.
Here's what the call said:
This is an urgent message for Michigan Democrats. Did you see in the papers this weekend that Chairman Mark Brewer moved our state convention to April? Then just Monday, Richard Bernstein announced his campaign for attorney general. Seems like Brewer and Bernstein have some sort of cozy deal worked out. Now local Democrats like us might be shut out of selecting our nominee in August like we've always done. Backroom Lansing deals have gotten our party into the mess we're in today. We should pick our candidates.... not Mark Brewer and his special-interest friends. Call Democrat headquarters at 517-371-5410. Tell Mark Brewer it's time to quit playing games with our democracy.
Clearly, someone is getting a little nervous over the momentum Bernstein has been building over the last few weeks -- but this kind of anonymous gutter politics has no place in the race for attorney general. The nomination for attorney general should be won on the issues and on character, not sleazy anonymous robocalls. |
From MIRS:
Leyton consultant Todd COOK said the Leyton team had "absolutely nothing to do with the robo-call in any way, shape or form. For anyone to imply that we are is just dishonest."
"This is the first time we're hearing about this," Cook said. "We're running a positive campaign that features David's message of combating Medicaid fraud, protecting the elderly and staying strong on his record of fighting crime. We're open to having a healthy debate on the issues and this isn't one of them."
The MDP, through a spokesman, said he smells a Republican rat. Jennifer Hoff, the MRP spokeswoman, denies this. |
