Republicans participated in a massive opposition research drop on Sean Faircloth tonight, A.J. Higgins reports. No knock-out blow, but several examples of him allegedly exaggerating his record and one situation where he may have gotten too close to a legislative issue where his wife had a stake. The fact that he allowed his law license to lapse for several years while he was serving in the legislature and teaching college was also reiterated.
The story states that the Republicans may nominate one of his Democratic competitors against him if he wins the caucus' nomination. No word on if Brautigam or Mills would accept such a nomination (would they have to? - I don't know the full process) and no on-tape response from Faircloth to any of the charges.
Why do you attribute this to
Why do you attribute this to Republicans? It is more likely it comes from his Democrat opponents.
Democrats are hardly above such things.
It is amazing to me that someone who has not practiced law for 5 of the last 7 years is considered a serious candidate to be the state's top lawyer.
I seriously doubt either Mills or Brautigam would accept the nomination by the Republicans. Even if they did, the Democrats are no going to let Republicans pick the AG.
Mike--you are seriously naive
Mike--you are seriously naive if you think republicans are behind this. You are a smart guy--but you have been duped if you believe any of that.
I'll tell you what...prove it.
Naive
I'm not sure what the hell you two are talking about. All the people quoted in the story attacking Faircloth are Republicans or an independent the Republicans supported. I have no doubt his opponents are happy about this, but the attacks are coming from Republicans - it's their voices on the radio.
Republicans were willing to
Republicans were willing to go on the record. But that does not mean that the matters that they were commenting on were not provided by Democrats.
Sources
I have no idea who provided what. I just wrote about the content of the report. I'm sure there's a lot more going on here.
If you know something, feel free to share.