The Gilmore campaign has been desperate to distract attention from the major strides Bob Marshall is making in the Senate nomination battle. As the word spread that Marshall may have fought Gilmore to a draw in Chesterfield, Gilmore campaign manager Dick Leggitt responded with an email forwarded to Black Velvet Bruce Li (among others):
Not only did we win Chesterfield and Fairfax by margins of nearly 2:1, but most of the other localities around the Commonwealth are breaking that way as well. Just last night, we won Henrico County by roughly 7:1. These are not guesses, but numbers backed up by actual filings and delegate polling.
The email as I saw it also claimed Gilmore carried Spotsylvania, which would fly in the face of everything I’ve heard. Then again, the Gilmore people also managed to get our unit chair wrong (hey, Dick, our chairman is Bryce Reeves).
However, BVBL found something much more interesting regarding Leggitt and numbers in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain News (emphasis added):
Marc Holtzman’s campaign for governor lost its lead strategist and spokesman Friday when Dick Leggitt resigned, saying that after weeks of controversy he had become a distraction for the campaign.
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The resignation comes one week after Leggitt admitted under oath that he sent false polling numbers to a reporter.
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Testifying in a Denver courtroom, Leggitt said he sent bogus numbers to the Denver Post but called it “spin,” and implied that it’s a common practice among political operatives.
Ouch!
One thing BVBL left out – Leggitt’s candidate (Marc Holtzman) did so poorly at the ensuing Republican convention in Colorado (28% – RMN) that he couldn’t even qualifiy for the primary ballot (RMN).
Not to say Marshall will cary 72% of the delegates next month, but you have to wonder. Is history repeating itself for Leggitt?
Cross-posted to Bloggers 4 Bob Marshall
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I don’t know who this “Dick Leggett” guy is, but I do know that Bob Marshall is no conservative. He only pays lip service to our causes.
As an active member of the VCDL, I remember very well in 2000 when Bob Marshall enacted some of the most restrictive gun control legislation in the commonwealth. Marshall’s laws made it a felony to carry a concealed weapon on ANY public property even with a permit. Want to know why it is so difficult to pass legislation allowing concealed carry on college campuses should ask Bob.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+HB350
I remember well that the VCDL urged Marshall not to give into the left-wing anti-gun lobby but was ignored. Marshall is not a 100% conservative and therefore is unacceptable as a candidate.
Desperation is a stinky cologne. Nothing to attack Gilmore on, so why not attack Leggitt?
“Keep your eye on the main chance. And don’t stop to kick every barking dog along the way.”
[...] The right-wing liberal expresses serious doubts about the Gilmore’s campaign’s protestations of inevitable victory (here). [...]
The point I was making, John, was that we can’t take Leggitt’s assertions at face value. We still can’t, your expertise on cologne notwithstanding.
Va Gun Owner needs to study his legislation a bit more.
First Bob Marshall didn’t “enact” anything. Yes, he patroned the original HB350 in 2000. However that bill was referred to Committee. Parts of it were later incorporated into Johnny Joannu’s HB395, a similar bill which passed in 2001.
A bill that was unanimously approved in both houses and signed by the Governor at the time on March 2, 2001.
Gee, does anybody remember who the Governor was at that time?
[...] I only hope he didn’t get those numbers from Dick Leggitt. [...]
[...] I only hope he didn’t get those numbers from Dick Leggitt. [...]