Ralph Reed to be Denounced
By Erick Posted in 2006 — Comments (3) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
This Georgia races keeps on getting more interesting.
Capitol Impact's Tom Crawford is reporting that
Party sources predict that a prominent Republican figure will publicly call for Ralph Reed to withdraw from his GOP primary race against state Sen. Casey Cagle. The stated rationale will be that Reed, like lieutenant governor candidate Mitch Skandalakis in 1998, could have a disruptive effect on the party’s entire general election ticket if he wins the Republican primary next July.
Any guesses as to who it might be? Oxendine might just be a fit for that. But, I notice Crawford says "prominent Republican figure" and not prominent elected Republican figure. That opens the field up further. Guy Milner could then be a fit, but I don't think he would qualify as a "prominent" Republican.
Stay tuned on this one folks.
[editor's note, by Erick] I've gotten a few emails saying that the title of this post is too harsh. Tough, people. I'm not booing whoever is doing it and I'm not cheering him on either. Let's face it. While diplomatic language may be used, whoever it is, is going to denounce Reed as a drag on the party and a disrupter of all things good. That, to me, is denouncing Reed.
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I am from NC, but was living in Atlanta in 1998. Skandalakis killed the party's ambitions in a big time way for his ad that did nothing but bashed Georgia Democratic party members and polarized the state. Hell; I voted for Roy Barnes once that happened.
I have never liked Ralph Reed, and I thought the Republicans' success in 2002 came not from Reed but from President Bush's visits and the party-line screwups by Max Cleland. If the Republicans plan to keep the legislature and the governor's mansion in 06, they better do something about Reed.
I wait breathlessly for my latest bird-cage liner that I pick up after church on Sunday here in Woodstock.
The Urinal has been dutiful in trying to drive Reeds negatives as high as possible with a series of stories blasted in 24-pt print every Sunday for the past four weeks.
If Reed is indeed dirty, then he should look back at his previous commentary on other races and pull out.
If it's just dirt politics, he should stay in and get dirty.
I Miss Mike Bowers :(
Do you know what he is up to politically?
Bowers '98
Byrne '02
Somebody run against Perdue '06
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I think, if anyone even denounces reed, it wont be anyone of great importance... Too much elitism in the GOP and Ralph Reed is up there...