I'm no socialite, or tycoon. I have met Randy Graf by chance at a White Elephant parade in Green Valley, when my daughter was marching in a parade. Twice.
Randy is an accessible person, not asking for quid pro quo for supporting him.
What is upsetting is these primaries are supposed to be about political concepts and positions, not attack ads that cloud positions and upset folks. These ads are being financed by donors of the RNC who may not know how their campaign cash is being used.
Im not concerned about how the media portrays Randy, just give him fair access in the marketplace of ideas; which he was shutout from last time. As a result of him being a credible political threat, Kolbe resigned.
The candidates (not Huffman) are good, but have little estiblished track record or little legislative track record.
Prior to the NRCC funding attack ads they also had a chance in this primary.
The Tucson socialites and tycoons that persuaded the NRCC to enter this race and fund attack ads have the same opinions as the WSJ, which is not bounded in ground truth or reality, but business interests that collide with my interests. They are wrong IMHO. The NRCC violated their own May 06 promises to the candidates. Not a peep about that in the article. They are going to have a hard time buying support in the general election if Huffman wins. The other candidates may not support Huffman in the General election in November if he wins, and rightly so.
The Rats have a newsreader, daughter of a local tycoon and assorted dwarves running on their side with full support and cover from the local media, and support from their national fundraising and tycoon philanthropy. This district is not all urban leftist moonbats. There are two military bases and not much other than light industry, mines, construction, schools and a somewhat developed service sector in this district. There are more voters in rural or fringe suburbs than the Rat's think, since this area has grown so much in the past few years. The influx is mostly retirees, Florida and Katrina refugees, and Californians who do vote and are more conservative than they expect.
This race is still for the Liberals and RINO's to lose. Too bad the NRCC and RINO Republicans pulled this crap.
Yep, I'm extreme.
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