Off the Kuff on Morrison

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April 09, 2005
Take Two with Richard Morrison
We had a second conference call with Richard Morrison last night, for the bloggers who couldn't make it on Tuesday. There are a couple of recaps up this morning, one from the Hope/Mike/Sam triumvirate representing the Appalachia Alumni Association, and three from the prolific Nate Nance: here, here, and here; I especially recommend the second of those.

I'm very pleased with how these conference calls went. We got a good response from the blog community, including from those who couldn't be there but wanted to be kept informed of future opportunities, of which I hope there will be (I'm already working on another one). Most importantly to me, I think Richard really made a good impression on everyone who attended. If you've read this blog at all over the last year and a half, you know that I think very highly of him. Hearing the response on the calls and seeing what has been written has been very gratifying for me in the way that finally introducing a person you've been enthusing about to all your friends and finding out that they think he's cool, too.

I want to talk a little about the continued speculation over other Democratic contenders jumping into the quest to dethrone DeLay, noted most recently by Kristin Mack at the Chron and discussed by Greg , Byron, and Marc Campos. I don't mind contested primaries - it's certainly nice to see Democrats thinking various races are worth running in, and maybe a matchup between Morrison and one or more of Gordon Quan, Nick Lampson, and Rick Noriega (where in the world did Kristin Mack pull that name from?) would generate some media coverage that actually includes mentioning Morrison's name in more than just passing. And when Morrison wins that primary going away - make no mistake, he's the favorite - then maybe there'll be some appreciation for what he's been doing since mid-2003 when no one wanted to touch this one. That'd be fine by me.

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