He's looking much the best every time I see him or read about him.
Wadhams will lead Allen's campaign for re-election
BY PETER HARDIN
TIMES-DISPATCH WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT Mar 29, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Dick Wadhams, recruited in 2004 by Sen. George Allen to head his Senate staff, will take over the helm of Allen's re-election campaign next month.
Wadhams, 50, a Colorado native, will take a leave of absence from the Senate to start managing Allen's campaign April 10. The Republican senator is expected to make his announcement tour some time that week.
"He's a proven campaign manager. He's a winner. He's an all-star," Allen said yesterday about Wadhams, a nationally known strategist who in 2004 helped engineer the ouster of then-Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle.
Wadhams was likened to a political "pit bull" in 2004 by John Thune, a former Republican congressman from South Dakota who that year defeated Daschle, the Rocky Mountain News reported then.
When Allen campaign manager Jason Miller announced in November he was departing for a South Carolina gubernatorial campaign, Wadhams said he hoped to have a new manager in place by Jan. 1. As the weeks slid by with no announcement, it became expected that Wadhams would switch hats when Allen saw fit.
Former computer-industry lobbyist Harris Miller and former Navy Secretary James Webb will face off in a June Democratic primary for the nomination to challenge Allen, running for a second six-year term.
In a fundraising e-mail last week, Allen said national Democrats were targeting his seat to seek "payback" for 2004, when he headed the Republican Senate arm devoted to electing senators. Republicans increased their Senate majority then by four. Among the challenges facing Wadhams will be helping Allen balance his twin interests in re-election and in exploring a possible White House bid for 2008.
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