Spokesman quote of the campaign...

I bagged on Joe Pounder for his tortured quote about the Minutemen and only taking a minute after being elected to go back on his word as maybe one of the worst and most petty quotes I have seen in any high level campaign (link). Excerpt follows...

"When it comes to border security, Rick Perry's a Minuteman in the campaign but then takes a minute to forget what he said when the election is over," said Hutchison spokesman Joe Pounder.

Pounder might as well be selling a jump to conclusions mat... get it? JUMP... to conclusions... that quote is so emblematic of the disaster that Kay's communication team is, that Joe Pounder might as well have just said, "I give him. Surrender. You win."

Well... this quote from Rick's campaign spokesman sums up the converse of that (link)...

Perry spokesman Mark Miner said Hutchison was delusional.

"Better nominee for what?" he said. "Governor Perry is focused on issues important to Texans, while Hutchison has been in Washington working on earmarks, bailouts, out-of-control spending in addition to being pro-choice."

Now that is a quote. Full of win. Calling the other side delusional? That is just amazing in its audacity. He then got in all of the talking points. Good talking points. Non-sequiter talking points that completely end up dominating the impression the reader takes away...

Not acronyms and abbreviations and strings of letters that most voters glaze over when they see or hear... HPV, TTC, and so on... those are the talking points for Kay's peeps, and they are terrible. A plurality of Texans prefer toll roads to all the other options, and HPV is something that actually helps Rick win over moderate suburban women who should have been with Kay...

It is always easy to be a communications professional for a winning client than one who is losing by huge margins, but I think you can pin at least some of Kay's problems on her communications team and how she chose to use them... I have seen Kay in action for the past 20 years and know peeps close to her that say she and her husband are micromanagers beyond belief... which could have something to do with why her communications strategy seems so disjointed and pathetic...

Here is another series of meaningless letters for Rick's peeps... TCB, Takin' Care of Business... good work guys... you've earned a big win on Tuesday night barring an "Operation Chaos" type of surge...