Josh Mandel's first ad is a total distraction to the fact that he refuses to discuss issues. Look at the boots, but please don't ask him about his agenda, his support for Paul Ryan's budget, and his cronyism at his current office.
The campaign of Sen. Sherrod Brown has an official response to Josh Mandel's first ad:
Reeling from multiple reports of Josh Mandel’s political cronyism in the Treasurer’s office,
Ohio’s absentee Treasurer has taken to the airwaves in an attempt to
distract from weeks of negative headlines over the qualifications of his
hires, taxpayer funded raises they received upon being hired in the
Treasurer’s office, and reports that Mandel’s Director of Debt
Management was so unqualified for his position that he had to be sent to
a beginner’s course on the subject he was overseeing......
In his campaign ad, Josh Mandel avoided speaking about any of the issues that Ohio voters are concerned about this year. What are his plans for jobs, other than giving more tax breaks to the wealthy? We know that Josh Mandel was against the auto bailout that saved the American auto industry. We're still waiting for Mandel's "rescue plan" that he said he'd be announcing. Josh Mandel is too late because President Obama and Sen. Sherrod Brown already saved the American auto companies and the hundreds of thousands of jobs associated with auto manufacturing.
Josh Mandel supported SB5. In his response to why he supported SB 5, Josh Mandel gave voters a thoroughly sophomoric answer (see video here). Here is a question for Josh Mandel: How do you show respect to someone by attacking them, and taking away their rights, and reducing their income?