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DEL.ICIO.USPerdue puts his cross-hairs on Cox
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The state Republican party started the week off with another bullet aimed at Cathy Cox, the Democratic primary candidate for governor, sniping at her as she wanders through the hedges of the gay marriage issue.
According to the press release, one person’s nuance is another’s flip-flop.
There could be two strategies, as best as two cynics can figure:
First, by jumping into the primary fray, Republicans could be letting Democrats know that they have a general election argument that plays to one of their greatest strengths. In essence, they want to push Democratic voters into the arms of Mark Taylor, whom their polling says would be easier to beat.
Or they’re thinking could be thus: Though her campaign is off to a slow start, Cox could still recover. Yet her name ID is still soft — so forcing a soft-on-gays label upon Cox is a worthwhile investment, regardless of her standing in the race.
There is a danger. One could argue that Sonny Perdue’s rise to power began four years ago this summer, when Gov. Roy Barnes’ campaign singled him out — rather than the two other Republican candidates for governor.
In a neat bit of jujitsu, Perdue’s campaign used the Barnes’ attack as a flare for Republican primary voters: This was the man that Barnes didn’t want to face.
Comments
By Melb
June 6, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this
I’m sure CC is praying that happens, but I don’t think so. Her campaign is poorly run and frankly there is a better candidate out there — Mark Taylor. The polls also had Barnes winning up until he lost. The Republicans wish Cox is their candidate so they won’t have a political battle. They know when Taylor gets the nominee they are going to have to work twice as hard to keep the Governor’s spot.
By Reed
June 6, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this
Taylor’s campaign is definitely run MUCH better. But Mark Taylor the better candidate? Lets see, he’s released exactly ONE plan and that was his healthcare plan. It looks worse than something Ted Kennedy would draw up. The state chamber of commerce almost laughed him out of their meeting in January when he presented it.
CC, on the other hand, has several plans out on education, healthcare, public safety, etc. Including one that would make Georgia a leader in bio fuels. What’s Mark’s answer to the problem….. roll back gas taxes. Yeah, way to look into the future and solve a problem and create opportunities Mark.
CC’s campaign is all tied in knots. And Sonny will roll to an easy win over Wal-Mark.