FTN's Jack, Lidia, Yvonne have been publicly supporting Obie. I assume Jack is kicking in $ either directly or "in kind". Their filings would show that. I'm not sure if the involvement right now is as individuals or as the PAC.
John Biver of the sister Renew organization was leaning to his close friend Rauschie. I'm not sure where John will now go. He just might stay uncommitted til January.
If Joe is a good campaign manager, he needs to find a way to teach (or have some specialist teach) Obie how to frame the issues and control the direction of a conversation.
Obie will be at the joint TapRoot-ICRC Christmas party this Sunday 2 - 5 pm. That will be an excellent time to check out the reality of the new ballgame. Will Brady and Gidwitz show at the Xmas party? If Gidwitz and Obie frame the corruption issue correctly, Brady will be toast. Brady is so much closer to the next George Lyan than to the next Peter Fitzgerald.
As I've expressed many times before, I'd like to see these candidates spend more money building the ground game and not just on TV, although that also is important.