2006-07-09   `Survey and Flaggers'

Newsletter

Hello,

No Speaking:
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Did not get a chance to speak 
to a crowd yesterday, 
partly because I needed to 
leave early to get to a forum 
for Secretary of State in 
Atlantic Station. Met more people 
and talked to a few people on the street. 

Straw Votes:
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From two straw votes, passed on by 
Democrat SOS Candidate, Angela Moore, 
from back around July 4th, showed widely 
varied results, which roughly combined 
as follows:

02 Bolton 
41 Cox
02 McCarley
39 Taylor
16 Undecided

Not so good for McCarley and me. 

McCarley's small strength comes from 
many travels around the state 
to visit and plant signs. 

My strength comes from many visitors 
to my website, but then they seem to back off, 
probably due to my stances on tax, GOD, 
and marriage. 

Straw voters may also feel inhibited 
because they are not in the privacy 
of a voting booth. (We think they 
are private.)

The point here is that if my supporters can 
capture the 16% undecided and 
force the race into a foreseen runoff, then 
voters would be willing to vote for me knowing 
they would have a second chance to vote 
for Cox or Taylor. 

Flaggers:
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This Sunday, July 9, 2006, Bill Shipp wrote 
`The invisible Republican candidate', 
http://www.mdjonline.com/276/10224335.txt,
where he describes Ray McBerry's being ostracized 
by his own party, and alludes to McCarley and 
me as also being ostracized. 

By the way, Shipp is fair as he can be. 
He even mentioned me in 2002 for my write-in 
Governor's race. 

My point with McBerry, is that he 
will have no impact on Perdue. 
Furthermore, McBerry "is an ardent flagger", 
whose supports are not particularly Republican. 
Consequently, they could switch 
over to the Democratic Primary and vote for 
my "Back to Capitalism" stance, or they may 
like the country boy, prison hardliner, Taylor. 

Shipp in another article had mentioned that the 
Governor's race has several times been 
won by the rural Southern vote which could be 
influenced by the flaggers -- Jimmy Carter in 
particular. 

Just some thoughts.
Thanks,
Bill

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