It's about the candidates, stupid
Writing about Dick Wadhams and Jeff Lane got me thinking about how meaningless high-priced consultants really are.
Wadhams is hailed as the wizard who engineered Jim Thune's upset of Tom Daschle. But he couldn't save George Allen from his own racism.
And there's no one on earth who could turn Ken Salazar into John Edwards. Edwards' charisma and optimism are contagious. Salazar may be a good Senator for this state, but his speeches have never made me leap out of my chair.
A good candidate needs good counsel. A bad candidate gets beaten either way. Maybe I was too hard on John Marshall, eh?
Wadhams is hailed as the wizard who engineered Jim Thune's upset of Tom Daschle. But he couldn't save George Allen from his own racism.
And there's no one on earth who could turn Ken Salazar into John Edwards. Edwards' charisma and optimism are contagious. Salazar may be a good Senator for this state, but his speeches have never made me leap out of my chair.
A good candidate needs good counsel. A bad candidate gets beaten either way. Maybe I was too hard on John Marshall, eh?
posted by 300 Spartans Gym at 9:22:00 AM
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Is Mark Udall going to do as he did twice before and as his predecessor Dave Skaggs did wimp out at the last second and leave Democrats without a strong US Senate candidate?
Actually, the Democratic bench is pretty stacked right now. The main worry would be that Udall declared his intentions so early, nobody else has given the race much thought.
Leap out of your chair? Salazar's speeches have made me want to find a bed or a hammock somewhere! But I kid our good Senator, I know it matters more what he says than how he says it.
And when Udall "wimped out" in 2004, he left us with a strong enough candidate (Salazar) to win the seat. At the time, the right was strong and a moderate who had already won statewide was the best bet against Coors in a Bush state. That's being unselfish and smart, not wimpy.
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