Friday, October 13th, 2006...6:40 pm
Randy Graf and Russell Pearce
The sound you hear is prominent Republicans running from their one time best pal, Russell Pearce.
Well, another man running from Pearce is our own Randy Graf. Graf actually had an ad in the can featuring an endorsement from Pearce. Well, any link to the ad has disappeared from the site, but it can still be found here. Also, you can find the ad on YouTube here. Pearce’s name has been removed from Graf’s supporter list as well.
Pearce and Graf have been working hand in glove on immigration issues for years. Now he’s quietly disassociating himself from him in the hopes that no one notices.
As I’ve said before, Pearce has been known to make inappropriate statements for some time now. Why Graf would want to feature this man’s endorsement, even before the latest outrage, is beyond me.
NB - Word is that some legislative leaders are pushing for Speaker Jim Weiers to remove Pearce from his chairmanship. More on this when I hear something interesting.
4 Comments
October 14th, 2006 at 1:57 am
I was surprised (though I shouldn’t have been in the least) when I saw Russell Pearce and Karen Johnson in that Graf ad. Does Randy really think those demagogues will help him in this moderate district? The conservative base that they appeal to can’t be more than what? About 30% of registered voters in CD8? I guess he needs them motivated if he has any hope of winning, but it just seems like they could cause more harm than good for his campaign. Given Pearce’s recent propensity for very publicly stepping in it, I’d say that’s an even fairer assessment now.
October 14th, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Russell Pearce makes Karen Johnson look like the voice of reason. There is crazy and then there is complete batshit crazy.
October 14th, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Shades of insane?
October 15th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Russell Pearce has been among the leaders in trying to dismantle Arizona’s Merit Selection system…why?…because some of them believe that elections would get their crony, conservative, would-be judges on the bench.
After this election, look for call for judicial elections to go by the wayside. I don’t think they really want Democrats to be choosing the judges.
OH…and Michael is all over it. Randy’s own campaign manager notes that Randy has the base, but needs to appeal to moderates in the party. He has to hope for high republican turnout for Kyl (Munsil ain’t drawin’ em out) and that the moderates will not split their votes to Giffords after voting for Kyl. I, by the way, think this is a Tall tall order for Graf to achieve.
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