This comment was posted under the article. It seems that not only were 2 Republicans running, but two conservative Republicans running (Damn, wish we could have that dilemma up here in MI). It seems the establishment sided with the favorite (Whitehead), commandeered his campaign, and effectively blew the race for him.
From the article itself we read:
For three weeks, Paul Broun told the Athens-Clark County area of the district that Jim Whitehead would ignore them. For three weeks, Jim Whitehead did just that.Another comment below the article:
For three weeks, Paul Broun went into Whitehead's base territory with youthful door to door volunteers targeting Christian households and hard core conservative voters. For three weeks, Jim Whitehead did not knock on doors.
Sounds like someone forgot the most important rule to a campaign: make sure your ground game is solid. [Damn straight.]
I think it also shows a disconnect between d.c. consultants and those on the local level - and why its good stick to the people who got the candidate where they are.
We consevatives ought to be cheered by this. We've been down in the dumps for a while now, but our people are out there and they are willing to get involved, fight, and win. The constituency is out there, we just have to mobilize it.
We ought to be cheered and Senator Grahamnesty ought to be scared.
I realize this is a GOP district, but the fact that the Democrat didn’t even make the runoff is also a good sign. I think the amnesty fight, and the general kookiness of the ‘Rat presidential contenders (Hillary, Obama, Elizabeth Edwards’ husband) is firing up the conservative vote.