I'm sure he wouldn't be happy about people bringing up his poor showings when he ran for office in Illinois, but I think its fair game.
I decided against John Cox in the 2002 U.S. Senate primary when he stated he didn't believe in the death penalty, so I emailed his campaign and asked if he would sponsor a bill that would outlaw the death penalty nationally if he became a U.S. Senator. I got back some evasive response that talked about George Ryan's actions putting a death penalty moratorium in place at the STATE level and how John Cox thinks the death penalty is morally wrong but doesn't agree with how George took all the murderers off Illinois Death Row without consulting the families of the victims first. My question about a hypothetical effort to abolish the death penalty nationally wasn't answered, and the statement told me absolutely nothing since a United States Senator has no control over state of Illinois policies.
In short, it was pretty much a weasel response, and I don't vote for politicians who try to weasel their way out of answering policy questions.
My gut feeling with Cox is he's a pretty conservative guy but has no clue how to campaign for office and just tries to tell everyone what they want to hear and claim he's the "only true conservative in the race" regardless of who else files for the office.
I know a guy who was Cox's legal advisor during his Illinois campaigns, he had some amusing stories about Cox freaking out when the parade volunteers went to cool down a beer from the cooler during 90 degree weather, and Cox thought the image of his campaign volunteers 'DRINKING IN PUBLIC' would "ruin" his candidacy. Apparently he also rewarded people who kissed his butt and told him how "handsome" he looked.
In any case, Cox means well, but I think his "campaigns" are just embarrassing. That's what happens when some guy has millions of dollars and needs something to fill the time.
The California GOP really needs to get their act together and united behind ONE credible candidate (and sorry, his name ain't John Cox)
Unfortunately, in a state riven with dems, he’s the only game in town. He’ll lose however.
Billyboy, I was one of John Cox’s full-time, paid campaign employees May 2001-March ‘02. I don’t know who replied to your email. If I knew about it, I would have suggested that the answer say, “yes” or “no,” with more details.