From The Review Journal:

The physician and Army colonel then pivoted to campaign tactics, saying, “I took an oath to serve my patients, my country and my state,” and asking Breeden to swear that she had no involvement in what he called a “reprehensible smear campaign.”

Breeden said, “Senator, you know we are legally forbidden to have any part in those negative ads. We are running a positive campaign.”

The state Democratic Party is behind sometimes misleading mailers in both Beers and Heck’s districts. Meanwhile, the state Senate Democratic caucus is managing Breeden’s campaign and has been carefully orchestrating her public appearances and availability to the media.

“So, you won’t take the oath,” Heck crowed after Breeden’s answer.

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Also, Jon Ralston on the debates:

There was no room for debate because of objections raised by the Democratic powers-that-be that their challengers might have trouble if they actually had to go off script.

Let’s first take the Sen. Bob Beers-Allison Copening “debate” moderated by public TV veteran Mitch Fox and play the matching game to see what we managed to discover. Match the phrases below with the candidate who said them:

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