Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias held a conference call today to take a couple shots at Mark Kirk for his vote on a small business loan bill. While the conference was happening, an AP reporter asked why Giannoulias was doing this on a conference call, not in person at a press conference. His answer? Bad hair day. [audio:/sites/default/files/archives/blogs//alexi-phoneconference.mp3|titles=alexi-phoneconference] To be fair to Giannoulias, he’s not the only one in the conference call game. Mark Kirk’s campaign had a conference call 45 minutes after Giannoulias to defend his small business record.
Sound bite of the day: Alexi is having a bad hair day
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