Sen. Snott Brown, R-Douchebag, in his desperation has decided to shed the nice-guy-next-door drag and show the world just what an asshole he is. From Daily Kos:
The Scott Brown that showed up
at Thursday's Massachusetts Senate debate, "condescending, snide,
repetitive, off topic, rote, eager to get personal," and "dark,
hyperkinetic," is apparently the Scott Brown that is going to stick around through the rest of this election season. Elizabeth Warren is surging in the polls, and Brown's desperation is showing.
Brown is shedding his Mr. Nice Guy image and going on the
attack. Warren is trying to make the race a referendum on a potential
Republican Senate and less about personality—a contest she’d have
difficulty winning against the likable, everyman Brown. [...]
[A]fter months of warm ads showcasing the senator as a down-to-earth
family man and consensus-seeking moderate, Brown debuted a more
combative strategy during the debate. The senator’s invective toward
Warren only accelerated over the weekend during numerous campaign stops.
[...]
Brown batted away questions about whether his comments signaled he
was set to embark on a more negative campaign, but did allow, “The true
Elizabeth Warren is coming out and will continue to come out.”
Brown apparently thinks the "true Elizabeth Warren" is in the personal
issue he just can't get over, her heritage. This is where the truly
nasty Brown emerges, in his latest ad.
Brown won't run on or answer to the actual issues of this campaign. He's
running a campaign heavy on resentment of gender, class, and
background, the kind of campaign that Richard Trumka warned voters against falling for. Last week's debate made it abundantly clear
that Brown doesn't have a defense against his votes to protect
millionaires and Big Oil. All he can do is to try to change the subject.
In doing so, in becoming attack Brown, he loses the main thing he has
going for him with non-Republicans, his nice-guy, non-partisan, above
the fray image. Instead of exposing Warren, Brown is exposing his own
true self. And his true self is an asshole.