Taylor Campaign Employing Most Interesting General Election Strategy In Georgia History; Hard-Hitting Ads Around The Corner
From InsiderAdvantage Georgia (the following was posted on InsiderAdvantage Georgia's web site on September 15, and thus is not news coming out of the Democratic Convention that was held on Saturday, September 16):
InsiderAdvantage has learned that Democratic polls mirror those seen earlier this week in the media, indicating the odd phenomenon of the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Georgia receiving somewhere between six and eight percent of the vote. This may account for why Lt. Gov, Mark Taylor has seemed reluctant to "heat up" the race for Governor in September, as otherwise should be the case. Most experts have surmised that Taylor's coffers are running low and that his ability to deliver a powerful punch and sustain it on air is simply not there.
But sources close to the Taylor campaign confirmed that "The Big Guy" and his team have recognized the fact that no major poll, including their own internal numbers, shows Governor Perdue over 50% in the ballot race. A source close to Taylor told InsiderAdvantage as late as Thursday night that the Taylor campaign now believes it has a legitimate chance of moving Perdue's favorable numbers down in the upcoming weeks. The source admitted that not all of the voters who might shift to Perdue would go to Taylor, but as the source noted "if this trend continues, it could bolster the Libertarian to a point that it would keep Sonny well below 50%"
That would force the race into an unprecedented gubernatorial race runoff right in the middle of the chaos surrounding Thanksgiving and give the Taylor campaign a chance to see more affluent and mobile voters (many of whom vote Republican) caught up in holiday activities--thus providing Taylor a better chance at turning out his vote. As the source put it: "Just think, all of those local races with Republicans on the ballot would be gone...it would be nothing but an incumbent Governor who couldn't win it straight up..."
The source emphasized that the Taylor campaign intended to stage a vigorous effort in the coming days hoping to win the race in the General and would abandon any attempt to emphasize Taylor as a candidate. "We can't win this by making people love Mark, they've got to want to turn out the current Governor" the source stated.
InsiderAdvantage has learned that Democratic polls mirror those seen earlier this week in the media, indicating the odd phenomenon of the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Georgia receiving somewhere between six and eight percent of the vote. This may account for why Lt. Gov, Mark Taylor has seemed reluctant to "heat up" the race for Governor in September, as otherwise should be the case. Most experts have surmised that Taylor's coffers are running low and that his ability to deliver a powerful punch and sustain it on air is simply not there.
But sources close to the Taylor campaign confirmed that "The Big Guy" and his team have recognized the fact that no major poll, including their own internal numbers, shows Governor Perdue over 50% in the ballot race. A source close to Taylor told InsiderAdvantage as late as Thursday night that the Taylor campaign now believes it has a legitimate chance of moving Perdue's favorable numbers down in the upcoming weeks. The source admitted that not all of the voters who might shift to Perdue would go to Taylor, but as the source noted "if this trend continues, it could bolster the Libertarian to a point that it would keep Sonny well below 50%"
That would force the race into an unprecedented gubernatorial race runoff right in the middle of the chaos surrounding Thanksgiving and give the Taylor campaign a chance to see more affluent and mobile voters (many of whom vote Republican) caught up in holiday activities--thus providing Taylor a better chance at turning out his vote. As the source put it: "Just think, all of those local races with Republicans on the ballot would be gone...it would be nothing but an incumbent Governor who couldn't win it straight up..."
The source emphasized that the Taylor campaign intended to stage a vigorous effort in the coming days hoping to win the race in the General and would abandon any attempt to emphasize Taylor as a candidate. "We can't win this by making people love Mark, they've got to want to turn out the current Governor" the source stated.
posted by Sid Cottingham | 4:17 PM
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