Just because voters say it's inappropriate when asked as a polling question doesn't mean it's backfired and wasn't an effective ad. The media has been nailing it in to peoples' heads for the past week that this ad was inappropriate and that's how people think they "should" respond when asked whether they were offended.
Unless the margin between Paul and Conway starts increasing again (which in the end is the only thing that matters) then the ad cannot be said to have backfired.
That's pretty much my thinking. People may well have thought it inappropriate doesn't mean that
A) It hasn't raised some doubts about Rand Paul
B) There's going to be some kind of backlash
It'll be interesting to see the results - still a narrow Paul lead?
