Wendy Davis's wheelchair ad is not out of bounds

For starters, questions of character matter. If Abbott is a hypocrite, it’s relevant. Instead of whining about how mean the ad supposedly is, Abbott’s campaign should refute the allegations.

But what most of the punditocracy seem to be enraged by is how the ad opens with a picture of a wheelchair, as if to remind voters that Abbott is handicapped. But Abbott hasn’t exactly been hiding the fact he uses a wheelchair, a la Franklin Roosevelt. In fact, Abbott featured his wheelchair in an ad about his dogged determination to recover after his tragic accident.