Posted on 08/21/2003 7:48:05 PM PDT by JohnnyZ
Many political observers in the Triad think that the entrance of Ed Broyhill into the congressional race hurts state Sen. Virginia Foxx the most. She was counting on her base of support outside of Forysth County, and particularly in the northwestern mountain counties, to at least get her into a runoff with one of the many Forysth candidates. But Broyhill has obvious connections, family and personal, in many of those same counties.
One of those competing for the nomination,Nathan Tabor of Kernersville, reportedly fired a previous set of consultants because they had proposed a campaign strategy that he thought was too expensive and ill-suited to the race. Now he's retained the services of Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition and the Georgia Republican Party.
Kieran Shanahan, Raleigh City Council Member, appears ready to challenge Attorney General Roy Cooper. The Republican is quietly talking with friends about the campaign and is being encouraged, especially after Cooper’s criticism over the TV ads and his possible legal problems (reported last week in this column).
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I don't know.
Hello JohnnyZ, Hope you are doing well today.
I'm not really, but that's beside the point. How are you?
Ralph Reed has been with me since I first started. I then hired two other consultants who wanted to spend $500,000 in four months -- over 25% in "services and fees." Funniest of all -- NO grassroots plan -- so, we parted ways.
I read about that and suspected the fault was not with the Soybean Man. Who the heck told you to hire them???
Since the media has been reticent to update the race for those of us outside the district, perhaps you would like to share what progress you have made in terms of grassroots organization, or travel around the district, since it seems unlikely that people will show up at the voting booth and say "Gee, I've been voting for Vernon, or Foxx, or Broyhills, for years, I think I'll change and vote for Tabor (or Helvey)!" unless they meet you and really like what they see.
Oh, and some folks probably care less about political handicapping and more about issues, so I would suggest: immigration, tobacco buyout, trade, Patriot Act, foreign policy re UN/Iraq/terrorism, specifics on abortion (your stand, what legislation you think can get passed immediately). Throw up your own thread, or get someone to put one up, next time you have an interesting press release on one of those issues.
When I see "third period" I think ellipses . . .
Seriesly (sic) though, if you want anyone besides me to read what you're saying you need your own, new thread. I'll add some detail to your mention on my website (http://www.angelfire.com/mo/zdawg/2004/house.html) but I don't know how many folks from the district read it, shall we say! Right now I just call you "Soybean" :) Hopefully I'll put up an NC page with more space for detail.
I'd like to see Vernon win so he can stick it to all those race-baiting Democrats. But I'll also root for any candidate who'll hire me when he's elected! And I'm only half kidding about that.
If you want to get exposure here, I recommend starting a thread "I'm running for Congress (North Carolina 5th CD)" in the News/Activism section. My guess is that only 10-20 people nationwide saw this since you posted. If you start a thread, you'll see a lot more exposure, including from NC'ers. I also recommend flying your state flag in your profile and posting on the NC state board there. That will get you the most exposure from this site.
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