Real poll in Kentucky's gov race

[BamaFanNKy]

Yes, that is all I hear about at our Tea Party meetings. There are some major contributors/coordinators/organizers who are pissed at Rand for not explicitly endorsing Phil.

If they were "Major COntributors," Phil would have more money.

 

[Sola_Fide]

If they were "Major COntributors," Phil would have more money.

Yes, I know. It is really bad that Phil can't counter William's radio ads right now.

 

[TheTyke]

If they were "Major COntributors," Phil would have more money.

Maybe they're too broke after maxing out to Rand...

 

[Thargok]

Then, out here, we have a couple people who post repeatedly to torpedo every pro-Moffett thread. Now there is no real chance of national enthusiasm and support. Neither activity served a useful purpose in my opinion. I debate with both "sides" and am really frustrated and weary at this point.

I'll stand by everything I have said, Phil isn't a a great candidate, he is a great guy but not a great candidate. The problems with his campaign are all rookie mistakes that should have been avoided. Many people in the liberty movement and TBK laid out an explicit outline on what Moffett needed to do to run a legitimate campaign and they were ignored. Many passionate people were turned away when they tried to help make fundraising phone calls and help with mailers because they were "unnecessary" and Phil had it "in the bag". The fact of the matter is that everything I sacrificed my time and money for was thrown away by incompetence as the Liberty movement in this state is now a joke as a result of a single poorly run campaign.

Yes, that is all I hear about at our Tea Party meetings. There are some major contributors/coordinators/organizers who are pissed at Rand for not explicitly endorsing Phil.

I'm sure I've heard this from a few of the exact same people. So I asked a buddy of mine who doesn't follow politics the other night about what he thought of Rand and what he thought of Phil Moffett. First of all he thought Phil Moffett already held some lowly state level seat, he didn't know he was running for Governor and had no idea what his platform was. He didn't know a single issue that Phil stood for, I believe his exact words were "he's running on basic tea-party like stuff, right?". About Rand, he was fairly well kept up, talked about how he "loved him" knew at least 5-10 different recent soundbites and could tell you everything you might want to know about him. Being in Lexington, he keeps up on this stuff through talk radio and yet he doesn't know who Phil Moffett is. He practically listens to Leland Conway everyday and has no idea who Phil Moffett truly is or what he stands for, which means that Rand's endorsement in this little case study would be more of a "who the hell is that?" moment, than a "I think I'll support Moffett." Now perhaps he doesn't care about the Governors race, although he did bring up the martial problems of Richie Farmer, so that is a stretch.

If I had seen a single TV, Radio, Mailer, Door Hanger for Moffett I would feel better about him, but a $300k money bomb that raises $10k (which by the way is 10 maxed out donors) despite procuring a large portion of Ron's/Rand's e-mail list is ridiculous, almost a ridiculous as these poll results.

 

[RonPaulFanInGA]

I don't know anyone who asked Senator Paul to run for State Legislature.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?201834-Party-Hacks-Want-Rand-To-Run-For-State-Senate

 

[TheDriver]

But Bill Johnson?!?! That's harsh... Phil never wanted to conduct "kinetic military action" against "Islamofascists" in Indiana, California and the surrounding states. I only see benefit to trying to get good people elected - working against others is only useful as a means to that end.

QFT!

I'm convinced that if Bill Johnson is elected SOS, he will summon a "Kentucky Navy" consisting of bass and jon boats to invade Hawaii. "Show us proof Barack Obama is Kenyan, or we'll invade," said SOS Bill Johnson.

 

[sailingaway]

QFT!

I'm convinced that if Bill Johnson is elected SOS, he will summon a "Kentucky Navy" consisting of bass and jon boats to invade Hawaii. "Show us proof Barack Obama is Kenyan, or we'll invade," said SOS Bill Johnson.

Well, that should certainly be interesting:

 

[IndianaPolitico]

Wow, I was hoping Moffett was a little closer then that. But you never know what will happen between now and the primary.

 

[TheTyke]

I'll stand by everything I have said, Phil isn't a a great candidate, he is a great guy but not a great candidate. The problems with his campaign are all rookie mistakes that should have been avoided. Many people in the liberty movement and TBK laid out an explicit outline on what Moffett needed to do to run a legitimate campaign and they were ignored. Many passionate people were turned away when they tried to help make fundraising phone calls and help with mailers because they were "unnecessary" and Phil had it "in the bag". The fact of the matter is that everything I sacrificed my time and money for was thrown away by incompetence as the Liberty movement in this state is now a joke as a result of a single poorly run campaign.

Indeed, I haven't disagreed with any of this. Merely pointing out that when trying to build enthusiasm, or expose it to new potential national support (so we could afford mailers etc.), we weren't helping by airing the campaign's weaknesses or talking about Norm saying a name wrong... anyhow, take heart buddy, all is not lost, these things will pass.

 

[TheDriver]

http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2011/04/19/holsclaw-reports-22k-in-campaign-contributions/

LOUISVILLE — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobbie Holsclaw has filed a financial report showing she raised $22,774 between Jan. 25 and April 15.

Williams/Farmer 49%
Moffett/Harmon 14%
Holsclaw/Vermilion 12%
Undecided 25%
Margin of error +/- 4.4%

Bobbie has been in the race only a few months, raised hardly anything, and is virtually tied with Moffett--who has been in the race 3 or 4 times as long of Holsclaw. That has to be somewhat sobering for those paying attention.

Moffett should have dropped out along time ago (it seems), unless he's attempting to run an educational campaign.

 

[BamaFanNKy]

http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2011/04/19/holsclaw-reports-22k-in-campaign-contributions/

Bobbie has been in the race only a few months, raised hardly anything, and is virtually tied with Moffett--who has been in the race 3 or 4 times as long of Holsclaw. That has to be somewhat sobering for those paying attention.

Moffett should have dropped out along time ago (it seems), unless he's attempting to run an educational campaign.

Maybe discussing and embracing the Hemp issue earlier would have helped. Then again, there are about 2,000,000 other things that should have gone differently.

 

[Thargok]

Maybe discussing and embracing the Hemp issue earlier would have helped. Then again, there are about 2,000,000 other things that should have gone differently.

It doesn't hurt that Holsclaw actually has issues and talks about how to make things work. Phil's page is a bunch of promises, Holsclaw talks about how gambling could help fund charter schools and help with taxes.

 

[BamaFanNKy]

Then you add Williams fundraiser #s:

The GOP gubernatorial ticket of Senate President David Williams and Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer have raised $446,943 in the first few months of 2011, heavily outpacing their two primary opponents in fundraising.

According to a release from the Williams-Farmer campaign, the new fundraising report brings the campaign’s total raised funds to $1.12 million so far. The campaign has a tad under $670,000 cash on hand.

Hell, even the GOP candidate for Atty General is outpacing Moffett and current AG Jack Conway:

Republican nominee for Attorney General Todd P'Pool has more than doubled Jack Conway's fundraising numbers! P'Pool has $305,647 in the bank...Conway has $115,046!!!

 

[sailingaway]

Then you add Williams fundraiser #s:


Hell, even the GOP candidate for Atty General is outpacing Moffett and current AG Jack Conway:

Wow. People seem kinda down on Jack.

Wouldn't waste effort on it, but it doesn't break my heart, either.