Just a quick update to my diary from yesterday on Merrick Alpert's run at Dodd from the right. At about noon, I had commented that:
Alpert's initial forays seem not to be aimed at the grassroots but rather at the media (has Fox News called yet?), where the ground is likely to be much more fertile.
Just about two hours later, where was Alpert? On his "tour" of the state? Talking to Connecticut Democrats? Nope, he was doing a live interview on... Fox News (his appearance notably taking precedence for that network over the White House press briefing going on in the upper right hand corner), where he indicated that he indeed intends to keep on attacking Dodd's character using right-wing rhetoric, to the visible delight of the sitting anchors (h/t Scarce):
Yes, Fox News, the perfect place to reach the Democratic rank-and-file if you're a candidate interested in a substantive, issues-based primary and not simply assisting the GOP propaganda machine with character attacks. (An even better choice than, say, launching a primary campaign on Imus.)
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