The New John Edwards?
March 16, 2012 - by
A Democratic operative (not in the governor’s race) says Bill Faison may place a statewide TV buy of nearly $1.5 million in April. Will Faison be the John Edwards of 2012?
That’s not fair to Faison. I don’t mean the John Edwards we came to know. I mean the Edwards we met in 1998, when he ran for Senate.
Try to forget what happened after that. Picture instead: a new face, a political outsider, a man from modest beginnings who rose to great heights, a skilled trial lawyer who made millions standing up for average people against big, bad enemies. And a politician willing to spend his money on TV to win statewide office.
The parallels aren’t exact. Faison does have experience in public office. He ran for state party chair. He knows issues. (In 1998, Edwards couldn’t remember which side of right-to-work he was supposed to be on.) Faison has even run ads on a jobs plan.
Also, Edwards has more hair. Faison has a mustache. And Faison’s marital problems are already known, not still to come.
In the primary, Edwards’ millions overwhelmed a candidate who would have been a better Senator: D.G. Martin. Then Edwards beat Lauch Faircloth in November. A salutary result, that.
Here’s the hard-earned lesson from 1998: Test-drive a new car before you buy it.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats
The New John Edwards?
March 16, 2012/
A Democratic operative (not in the governor’s race) says Bill Faison may place a statewide TV buy of nearly $1.5 million in April. Will Faison be the John Edwards of 2012?
That’s not fair to Faison. I don’t mean the John Edwards we came to know. I mean the Edwards we met in 1998, when he ran for Senate.
Try to forget what happened after that. Picture instead: a new face, a political outsider, a man from modest beginnings who rose to great heights, a skilled trial lawyer who made millions standing up for average people against big, bad enemies. And a politician willing to spend his money on TV to win statewide office.
The parallels aren’t exact. Faison does have experience in public office. He ran for state party chair. He knows issues. (In 1998, Edwards couldn’t remember which side of right-to-work he was supposed to be on.) Faison has even run ads on a jobs plan.
Also, Edwards has more hair. Faison has a mustache. And Faison’s marital problems are already known, not still to come.
In the primary, Edwards’ millions overwhelmed a candidate who would have been a better Senator: D.G. Martin. Then Edwards beat Lauch Faircloth in November. A salutary result, that.
Here’s the hard-earned lesson from 1998: Test-drive a new car before you buy it.
Posted in General, North Carolina - Democrats