Monday, 2 February, 2004

[A]nd the Lash A quick followup to my last post: Dean '04 -- raft of the Medusa. My sister knows Roy Neel only by reputation. There are a lot of telecom lobbyists in washington apparently. My brother-in-Law, Al, does know him and offered that the guy is not a lawyer - his lobbying work doesn't come from that angle, but is a professional politician. Of that tribe there are those telegenic types who run for office, and those maybe less so, who run those offices. Further he indicated that Roy Neel "has been around forever". The statement the Dean campaign was trying to make by bringing Neel on was not intended to reverberate out to the general public a shift in what the Dean cadidacy was about - as much as it was aimed at those who already gave money and those who may still be considering it. The campaign felt they needed to reassure people that they would bring someone in who would shepard the campaign treasury more carefully from now on. After New Hampshire they found themselves spent through what they had raised last year and unable to buy TV spots for the next primary round (this tues) which occurs in seven widely separated states. 9:32:41 AM    comment [];trackback [];

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