FR friend Chad Morgan e-mailed, inquiring as to whom we would select as MVP for the Claude Parrish campaign? Well, first of all, there will not be MVP’s named for every race. But if there were, we would have a really tough time coming up with one for "Team Parrish" — especially since I couldn’t tell you the name of one person ON the team.
Seriously, though — I really could not say if there is a consultant or staff person for Parrish, who has run the least visible campaign I have ever seen by a statewide candidate from a major political party.
I will say this for Parrish, though, by way of expressing appreciation — his primary opponent, Assemblyman Keith Richman, declared war on his own political party with his rabid support of allowing Democrats to vote on who Republicans nominate in general elections.
We here at the FlashReport choose to view Parrish’s primary victory as a repudiation of Richman’s anti-Party stand.
November 7th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I vote for the repo man as the Parrish MVP.
November 7th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Uh, didn’t Schwarzenegger also support an open primary?
Oh wait, the governor raises money for county parties and Keith Richman doesn’t. I guess that’s the difference?
Republican repudiation of Richman was so foolish. Parish is a joke, as was support for his candidacy in the primary. There’s nothing admirable about the guy, he’s a total weirdo. But as long as you put Richman in his place over the open primary, I guess that’s what matters.