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.