Even the Weekly Standard is noticing the damage done by revelations about Senate candidate David Perdue's long career in outsourcing. In a rundown of the dangers Georgia Republicans face from a strong crop of Democratic candidates in the state (and, unmentioned here, by strong Democratic voter registration efforts), Perdue's outsourcing looms largest:
Suddenly, Perdue’s biggest asset—his business career—has become a liability.
And it’s one the Perdue campaign is trying desperately to avoid. Before my brief phone interview with Perdue, a campaign staffer called twice to confirm that I wouldn’t ask about the “outsourcing” comment. When I did, Perdue dismissed it as “right out of the Democratic playbook.”
“They’ve tried it since Day One,” he said. “It’s not sticking.”
The polls suggest otherwise.
It's not just that a conservative publication is talking about this, it's how frantically defensive it makes Perdue look. First trying to put the major story of the campaign off-limits. Then trying to brush off questions about, again, the major story of the campaign as just some kind of partisan manipulation. Then flatly denying a reality anyone who glances at the polls can see. That's desperate.
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It's great seeing Perdue damaged and on the defensive, but to actually beat him, Democrats will need to turn out to vote.