No big surprise there ...

If you're a challenger, you've got to attack the incumbent. Right? Right. And what happens when you don't? This headline (from North Dakota) says it all ...

"Incumbents crush challengers in clean campaigns"
Forum Communications Co.Published Wednesday, November 08, 2006


Note: I'm certainly not advocating "dirty" campaigns. But these candidates aren't being praised for being "clean," they are really praised for running "nice" (but losing) campaigns. Of course the incumbents like it when challengers don't attack them. Who wouldn't?