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June 05, 2006
Come Back, Bob! Come Back!
So much for that name-recognition problem. The latest statewide polls from Bob Corker’s campaign show the former mayor with a 20-point lead over his closest opponent, Van Hilleary. The poll, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, shows Corker with 43 percent of the Republican primary vote, with Hilleary holding 23 percent and Ed Bryant bringing up the rear with 17 percent.
Neither of Corker’s rivals disputed that the new numbers showed him pulling away from the pack. “I think the response from our opponents to the survey results demonstrates that they believe what we’ve released is accurate,” Corker Campaign Director Ben Mitchell told the Times Free Press on Friday. Corker, appearing at a rally on the 21st Century Waterfront on Saturday, told his supporters that “we are just getting going.” He also said that he isn’t paying attention to Bryant or Hilleary. “I haven't been paying attention to them,” he said. “We are very focused on what we have to do.”
Which left Ed and Van to focus on each other. Bryant’s campaign called Friday for Hilleary to “be a hero” and drop out of the race, allowing a fellow theocon to gather support. (Well, they didn’t say “theocon,” but they might as well have.) The Hilleary camp thought about this idea, and decided it had some flaws. “The person who’s in last place and doesn’t have a chance of winning doesn’t get to decide who stays in races and who pulls out,” said Hilleary spokeswoman Jennifer Coxe. But that way would be so much more exciting!
BlogBeats | By pulseblogger | 01:25 PM
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