An all-out, eleventh-hour effort is underway to oust State Sen. Minority Leader Michael Roberson, whose controversial initiatives and in-your-face style have made him plenty of enemies.
Roberson, who was thought to have a sizable lead over Ron Paul campaign operative Carl Bunce, is not simply rolling over in the wake of the ground and air assault. He has field master Billy Rogers in the district and a new ad (see below) to respond to Friends of Bunce, who have this on the air.
The effort to oust Roberson, who proposed higher mining taxes as a way to kill the teachers union's margin tax, is bipartisan. The AFL-CIO endorsed Bunce in the primary and has field operatives walking and phoning. AFL-CIO consultant Gail Tuzzolo says she has identiifed 3,000 GOP labor union members in the district, which sounds high.
(The AFL-CIO also endorsed Democrat Teresa Lowry for the general. But the organziation had to endorse Bunce to allow for campaign workers to go into the district.)
No one is willing to take credit for the independent expenditure ad campaign, overseen by Bunce associate and fellow Paulite Robert Tyree. Tyree has not responded to emails or phone calls. Bunce says the effort "was a surprise to me, I had heard whispers about thirrd parties moving against Roberson for months, but never saw a thing happen until now. Rob has not answered my calls or returned them in past 2 weeks."
Ok.
Democratic folks tell me they did not funnel any money to Tyree. The clowns from the fringe group Citizen Outhouse, which has endorsed Bunce, sent mail and pummeled Roberson all year, don't have any money but could have tapped into a national anti-tax network. Mining types insist they are not involved.
Phew. Takes time to go through people who don't like Roberson.
It's also noteworthy that big GOP donor Bill Brady, another guy who has no love lost for Roberson, recently gave Bunce a $10,000 check.
Roberson may well hang on. But he is taking no chances. See:
An all-out, eleventh-hour effort is underway to oust State Sen. Minority Leader Michael Roberson, whose controversial initiatives and in-your-face style have made him plenty of enemies.
Roberson, who was thought to have a sizable lead over Ron Paul campaign operative Carl Bunce, is not simply rolling over in the wake of the ground and air assault. He has field master Billy Rogers in the district and a new ad (see below) to respond to Friends of Bunce, who have this on the air.
The effort to oust Roberson, who proposed higher mining taxes as a way to kill the teachers union's margin tax, is bipartisan. The AFL-CIO endorsed Bunce in the primary and has field operatives walking and phoning. AFL-CIO consultant Gail Tuzzolo says she has identiifed 3,000 GOP labor union members in the district, which sounds high.
(The AFL-CIO also endorsed Democrat Teresa Lowry for the general. But the organziation had to endorse Bunce to allow for campaign workers to go into the district.)
No one is willing to take credit for the independent expenditure ad campaign, overseen by Bunce associate and fellow Paulite Robert Tyree. Tyree has not responded to emails or phone calls. Bunce says the effort "was a surprise to me, I had heard whispers about thirrd parties moving against Roberson for months, but never saw a thing happen until now. Rob has not answered my calls or returned them in past 2 weeks."
Ok.
Democratic folks tell me they did not funnel any money to Tyree. The clowns from the fringe group Citizen Outhouse, which has endorsed Bunce, sent mail and pummeled Roberson all year, don't have any money but could have tapped into a national anti-tax network. Mining types insist they are not involved.
Phew. Takes time to go through people who don't like Roberson.
It's also noteworthy that big GOP donor Bill Brady, another guy who has no love lost for Roberson, recently gave Bunce a $10,000 check.
Roberson may well hang on. But he is taking no chances. See:
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