Reply #25: At this point in time

[susanr516]

I can not continue the discussion, although I would like to do so. My identity on this board is transparent--anyone working closely with the county Dem structure would know exactly who I am from my board name. I am extremely limited in what I can say publicly. That being said, I can tell you that the attorney in question became a lightning rod two years ago by aligning himself with one faction of the county party. He was less than honest with some members of the other faction, costing him personal respect with that group. Another spokesman is needed from the attorney network, and there needs to be some serious off-year coalition building. Many of the activists carrying the attorney coalition water among the party regulars have the reputation of being for sale to the highest bidder--they never work for free. One person, in particular, has been rumored to have accepted a tidy sum of money from the relative of one candidate, and has now gone way over the line on Spanish radio, hurting the entire perceived "rich Anglo attorney" coalition. This primary campaign needs to be pulled out of the gutter, and fast, or it's going to cost the party half-votes (race-skipping) in November. I've seen it happen too many times before, and there are too many personalities from both sides of the State Senate race involved.