Its not a rush to support him so much as Abbott having a long track record of no major bad policy decisions.
Are you sure about that? Right now I got some time to do a little bit of Google searching. I’m somewhat adept at the skill of Googling for negative traits on a politician. After a 1-minute search, I already discovered this link:
http://www.epluribusmedia.org/columns/20061028_abbott.html
Apparently Rove operatives do work for Abbott. Have you ever heard of Olsen & Shuvalov?
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2006/09/26/6648/consultant-profile-olsen-shuvalov
That explains why Abbott has to fundraise so much cash. Rove campaign consultants demand high fees for their services.