For a while it seemed Cedric Richmond might be above waging a hyperbolic attack campagin on his opponent through the mail. Well, Richmond reminds us this week that he is a politician after all. The Democrat's response (right)  to Anh "Joseph" Cao's earlier attack mailers portrays the incumbent Congressperson as Pinnochio - complete with extended nose. More after the jump.

We don't trust polls, but we do trust our mailboxes. No, not our inboxes. You know, mailboxes! The ones that snails deliver to. By the looks of the colorful sheets strewn about the stacks of catalogs and credit card offers we'll never fall for again, Anh "Joseph" Cao appears to think he's down in the race to win back his U.S. House seat. Over the weekend, he began throwing mud-filled lobs (tarballs?), like the one pictured to the right, through the mail as part of his wobbly negative campaign against Cedric Richmond. Details, and info on Richmond's own attempted jab, after the jump.

The stakes are high in the race to represent a large chunk of the metro area in Congress. But the candidates' voices were low Tuesday night.