What happens when you throw aside party polities and surge in the polls? Apparently if you’re Nathan Fletcher the answer is: get attacked by everyone.
It’s been a wild couple of days in the mayor’s race. Nathan’s been targeted by the California Republican Party, the San Diego County Republican Party, the UT San Diego’s editorial page (twice), Carl DeMaio, Bonnie Dumanis and others. Of course, these same people spent months telling donors Fletcher can’t win and has no support. If he can’t win, why spend so much energy going after him?
On the one hand you have the Republicans claiming Fletcher is a wild and crazy liberal. On the other, you have Jess Durfee and friends claiming Fletcher is extremely conservative. It can’t be both.
Seems to me Fletcher’s independence is making a lot of people very, very nervous.
Here’s my tally:
4/13: San Diego Republicans sue Fletcher
4/24: AFP organizes a protest against Fletcher
4/26: Bob Filner attacks Fletcher for accepting contributions from Bridgepoint when he himself accepted $1,000 from the company
4/27: Carl DeMaio attacks Fletcher despite his support for Prop A
4/28: UT San Diego questions Fletcher’s character in an editorial
5/1: Carl DeMaio holds a press conference to go after Fletcher
5/1: Mailer paid for by the California Republican Party targeting Fletcher hits mailboxes
5/2: Carl DeMaio’s campaign attacks Fletcher by press release
5/3: Bonnie Dumanis criticizes Fletcher on women’s issues
5/4: Jess Durfee sends a press release targeting Fletcher
5/5: Mailer paid for by the San Diego Republican Party attacking Fletcher hits mailboxes
5/6: UT San Diego endorses Carl DeMaio, criticizes Fletcher
5/7: Carl DeMaio attacks Fletcher via press release not once, but twice
5/7: Carl DeMaio’s Super PAC launches TV ad, website and radio ad campaign against Fletcher