Now they are coming out of the woodwork; where were they when I needed them -- Majette gets more help

Ajc's 8-27-04 PI reports another Miller veteran is joining Rep. Denise Majette's campaign for U.S. Senate. Chicago-based consultant Jim Andrews, who was Miller's chief strategist in his 1994, will serve as general consultant for Majette.

Most recently, Andrews worked on Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards' primary campaign for president.

He also has worked for the former North Carolina U.S. Senate nominee Harvey Gantt.

Political consultant and former Miller press secretary Rick Dent, who also signed on with Majette this week, said Andrews brings "a solid strategic
mind and a lot of experience in Georgia" to the campaign.
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Harvey Gantt was the first black elected to the office of Mayor in Charlotte, my old stomping grounds when I attended Davidson College and where I met my wife Sally at Queens College. He was the first black to enter the previously all-white Clemson University.

And he lost to Jesse Helms not once but twice in races for the U.S. Senate.

And yes your are right. He was the victim of the Hands Ad (an ad up there in the ranks with the Willie Horton ad). In the 1990 U.S. Senate race, Gantt was running strong. Helms ran the hands ad, a/k/a the White Hands ad.

The ad shows a pair of white hands crumpling a job rejection notice as a voiceover says that Helms opposes racial quotas in hiring. Helms recovered the lead and won.