The Gilmore campaign has been desperate to distract attention from the major strides Bob Marshall is making in the Senate nomination battle. As the word spread that Marshall may have fought Gilmore to a draw in Chesterfield, Gilmore campaign manager Dick Leggitt responded with an email forwarded to Black Velvet Bruce Li (among others):
Not only did we win Chesterfield and Fairfax by margins of nearly 2:1, but most of the other localities around the Commonwealth are breaking that way as well. Just last night, we won Henrico County by roughly 7:1. These are not guesses, but numbers backed up by actual filings and delegate polling.
The email as I saw it also claimed Gilmore carried Spotsylvania, which would fly in the face of everything I’ve heard. Then again, the Gilmore people also managed to get our unit chair wrong (hey, Dick, our chairman is Bryce Reeves).
However, BVBL found something much more interesting regarding Leggitt and numbers in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain News (emphasis added):
Marc Holtzman’s campaign for governor lost its lead strategist and spokesman Friday when Dick Leggitt resigned, saying that after weeks of controversy he had become a distraction for the campaign.
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The resignation comes one week after Leggitt admitted under oath that he sent false polling numbers to a reporter.
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Testifying in a Denver courtroom, Leggitt said he sent bogus numbers to the Denver Post but called it “spin,” and implied that it’s a common practice among political operatives.
Ouch!
One thing BVBL left out – Leggitt’s candidate (Marc Holtzman) did so poorly at the ensuing Republican convention in Colorado (28% – RMN) that he couldn’t even qualifiy for the primary ballot (RMN).
Not to say Marshall will cary 72% of the delegates next month, but you have to wonder. Is history repeating itself for Leggitt?
Cross-posted to the right-wing liberal
April 18, 2008 at 3:47 pm |
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April 19, 2008 at 9:44 am |
Attacking the staff members is the sort of sleeze we see from other big dollar campaigns and I can’t believe that Bob Marshall approves of this tactic. If he does, then Bob is not who I thought he was.
Let us stick to the real issues and describe to the voters, our fellow citizens, that we support Bob Marshall because, unlike Neocon Bush clones like Gilmore, Bob will restore Constitution based government. Lets tell the voters about how Bob is a legislative scholar who will be the most effective advocate for our Liberty in the U.S. Senate. Let’s tell the citizens how, when we have Bob Marshall as our Senator, all of the People, regardless of political affiliation, will be treated fairly. When government is constrained by its Constitutional limits, all citizens will enjoy the freedom that was granted to us by God.
April 19, 2008 at 7:12 pm |
Easy, JT; I just want to make sure folks take Leggitt’s delegate count assertions with the grain of salt they deserve. That’s all.
April 23, 2008 at 9:11 pm |
I think JTB is not aware of Del Marshall’s position on Iraq, which if I remember correctly… and we went around and around on this one.. Del. Marshall would bring ‘Hell Thunder down on Islamofascists’.
Please correct me if I am off target on this one.
JTB:
Please feel free to chime right in there buddy…