Nappy has it. This Munsil character is a terrible candidate.
Munsil may not be the best R candidate, but he can't be worse than Johnette Lesbiano. She's got to go!!!!
It's apparent the state GOP decided to let Janet have this one, and will be offering a competitive candidate in 2010.
To Munsil's credit, he had GREAT organization on the ground early in the primary and was able to get his matching funds early. Those funds blew Goldwater out of the race...he didn't get his until a couple of days before the primary. I'm still new to AZ politics, and unsure of the nuanced funding rules (they gotta be pretty screwy) but it's apparent that early, grass-roots organization wins primaries.
Again, I'm sure this year will be the last time Munsil is on a statewide ballot...he'll lose the Govenors race by at least 10 points in a state where the GOP Senate candidate wins by 10.