MORROW PULLS HARMAN ENDORSEMENT

You read right.  In less than 3 hours time, the OC Blog posted the Harman campaign release, spread the word about the Morrow-Harman endorsement, and now we get to report Morrow has PULLED his endorsement.

It may just be the quickest endorsement equivocation in history.

In case you weren't sure if we at the OC Blog are having an impact, here is your proof:

I RECIEVED THIS EMAIL FROM JON FLEISCHMAN JUST MOMENTS AGO:

Roscoe, thanks for the heads up.

At about 6:30 p.m. I heard about your post on the OC Blog, and called Joe Justin.  Besides being a FlashReport Weblog Contributor, Joe is Bill Morrow's campaign consultant.  Joe had Bill call me immediately.  Bill and I spoke for a few minutes, and it was clear that Bill, who had endorsed some time ago, had no idea of the 'lay of the land' on this primary.  To his credit, once he heard how this race was playing out, he immediately apologized for creating the situation, and said he would pull his endorsement of Harman right away.

Less than an hour later, Bill called me back to say that he had left two voicemails for Harman on his cell phone.  The first asking for a call back, and the second leaving a voicemail letting him know that his endorsement was rescinded.

I will tell you this, in all of the many years I have known Bill Morrow, he has always been a man of principle, honor and conservative ideals.

Pretty efficient work, eh?

Thanks for the heads up on the OC Blog, Roscoe!

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Thanks Jon for your note and thank you for reading the OC Blog and helping the blogpen shape politics in The OC.

Comments

[Logical]

Geez! I just wasted 10 minutes of my valuable time sending Morrow an email voicing my displeasure after reading the previous post. Then I come back to check the blog and get this update.

Awesome! The MSM news stories on this should be a hoot to read (on Friday). Dang slow pokes.

[UN-endorsed]

From Sen. Morrow's release:

"The Senator's efforts in the California Legislature blend his strong fiscal conservatism, commitment to traditional family values, respect for justice, support for business and working people, tough-on-crime attitude, and compassion for senior citizens, children, and the needy."

Word has it that Sen. Morrow's unendorsement had to do with Harman not having "strong fiscal conservatism," "commitment to traditional family values," and "support for business and working people."

[The CPA]

What is the billing rate at Coronado Communications for bogus press releases?

[Silence Dogood]

LOL!

[Fluke]

Certainly is looking like Harman was elected in 2000 on a fluke.

[Jeff Flint]

Jubal:

This incident is practically screaming for a "power of the blogosphere" comment from you.

I eagerly await it.

Jeff

[Allan Bartlett]

Excellent point Jeff. I hope the RINOs understand that their days of slipping through GOP primaries are over in OC because of the blogosphere. That goes for supposedly "non partisan" offices also. I still remember the day the news came out that Christy Christich endorsed Bill Clinton in 1996 and had a fundraiser for him. That would have saved you Jeff Flint a lot of heartache probably because she would have been forced to drop out of the race.

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[reality check]

A real broker wouldn't send an email trumpeting such a minor accomplishment. It's like waking someone up who fell asleep on the train tracks. Or maybe I'm wrong and Jon will send another email to demonstrate just what an accomplishment it really was.

[Jubal]

I think Roscoe's posts, and the consequences of those posts, speak for themselves.

Perhaps Tom Harman can save some face by publicly denouncing the Susan Kennedy appointment.

[Kyle Moore]

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