Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Politics / Woods Is Ward Cammack on the Ropes as a Candidate for Governor?
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:32 PM
"[A]ssuming Woods' source is correct...where would Cammack's departure leave the race? My feeling is that Kim McMillan has been the most steady of all the other candidates. No major screw-ups are stumbles (like pissing off major Democratic constituencies). She's got a track record, she's got as much or more name recognition as anyone else in the hunt (except Ned Ray's son), the main question for her is going to be dolla dolla bills ya'll. Does she have 'em, and can she get 'em?"
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Will Cheek is already hosting fundraisers for Kim McMillan. Hardly a credible source.
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come on! the campaign manager quits a week before the big finance report. it ain't a question of if this guy is out of the election, it's a question of when he gets out. Somebody just get his stinking corpse out of the road before he gets run over . . . Again!
this political hack campaign manager is a real dick. way to stick by your clinet captain courage. these political hacks get while the gettin's good.
Why pick on the political consultant? They are a breed unto themselves. You might as well criticize a cat for killing a mouse.
Consultants get paid to win, but everyone knows they are only as good as their candidates. In most cases like this, the candidate wouldn't listen to something, or so it seems.
Odds are we'll never know. Cammack isn't long for this race. He'll soon be yesterday's news and everyone will forget him.
JaStep, why do you say Cammack isn't long for this race? I'm sure the departure of Mr. Brown probably wasn't a welcomed announcement for Team Cammack but none of our other candidates have a better message than what I've heard and read from Cammack so far and I'd be shocked if any of them are raising more money.
Mark Brown is a big douchebag, but Ward Cammack is a big stupid douchebag for not listening to him.
Cammack is obviously a goner because Brown dumped him. Brown is a political professional. If Cammack had a pulse, he'd hang in with him.
If Cammack had a shot at this thing, a paid political staffer like Brown would never bail on him.
Ask yourself how many campaigns have gone on to victories after their campaign managers have taken hikes.
I guess it depends on why Mr. Brown left. Do you know for a fact that he "dumped" Cammack? People quit jobs all the time for personal reasons and can be let go due to incompetence. I don't know anything about Mr. Brown other than what I have read so curious if anybody has heard anything.
All I know is what I've seen in this race and in the past.
Firing looks highly unlikely to me. By all appearances, Cammack's campaign was going well. It was by far the most active on the Democratic side and was getting good press. I assume Brown was responsible for that. Also, campaigns don't fire campaign managers without having their replacements in place. The PR is too bad unless their is immediately another hand on the helm.
Losing a campaign manager for whatever reason is never a good thing for a campaign. They don't usually survive it.
The third-hand buzz is:
1. Mark Brown plays to win.
2. Mark Brown believes that Dems need to cozy up to conservative positions to win;
3. Ward Cammack didn't like the way Mark played;
4. Ward Cammack has evolved beyond where Mark Brown is;
5. They agreed to part company civilly.
The truth will come out on the campaign finance reports in about three weeks. Cammack's will show that he raised very little money and he blew all of it.
End of story.
Cammack and Brown agreed to part civilly. Why can't you yellow journalists accept that and leave it alone?
Albert, I don't think the finance report at this early stage will mean anything, especially given the weak economy. The primaries are still over a year away last time I checked and I would be surprised if anyone has raised any serious money at this point. Also how could you possibly know what Cammack's finance report will show?
