Marshall a definite maybe for Senate

In politics, there are an infinate number of stops before you reach a "yes" or "no."

How else to interpret the words of a campaign strategist about Secretary of State Elaine Marshall's current stance on running for U.S. Senate next year against Sen. Richard Burr?

Marshall is "pretty seriously leaning towards" running, strategist Thomas Mills told CQ Politics.

That's an absolute possibly.

"She's gotten very strong feedback both in state and in Washington," Mills told CQ Politics.

The squishy certainty comes as U.S. Rep. Mike McIntyre, a potential brand name candidate, decided not to run against Burr. And CQ is at least the second Washington-based publication that has carried gelatinously concrete thinking about running from Marshall.

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, are you getting all this?

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Re: Marshall a definite maybe for Senate

Submitted by politicalzoonc on August 2, 2009 - 9:22am.

Elaine Marshall seems pretty comfortable as Secretary of State. She hasn't had a formidible opponent --- ever. But, the DSCC is an instant fundraising source.

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Re: Marshall a definite maybe for Senate

Submitted by GiggleBox on July 30, 2009 - 10:56pm.

Are you complaining because Neal couldn't defeat Hagan or because he ran against her at all?

I see you like straw men.

Here's a few more that suck even harder. No pun intended.

I'm postulating that my problem with Elaine is she might as well be Elizabeth Dole's twin in that glamor shot she shops to media and nobody that hires Mills now has any more chance of winning a statewide Senate election than somebody that hired Mills a year ago for same.

But I get you hate Hagan loud and clear ACCfan. That's the team spirit and exactly what will help defeat Burr in 2010!

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Re: Marshall a definite maybe for Senate

Submitted by ACCFan on July 30, 2009 - 10:14pm.

And I'm not just saying that because Mills ran Neal's primary campaign against Hagan. But I will add an exclamation because of it!

Are you complaining because Neal couldn't defeat Hagan or because he ran against her at all?

Because it would surely be horrible to have a solid vote for real health care reform from that senate seat with Neal rather than Blue Dog Hagan who has to be begged to represent the people who put her in that senate seat.

But, that said, Hagan had the DC backing and the money so sadly I doubt it would have mattered who was running Neal's campaign.

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Re: Marshall a definite maybe for Senate

Submitted by WilmingtonDemocrat on July 30, 2009 - 9:11pm.

Did the DSCC forget about her third place finish to Bowles and Blue?

Heath - Your State, Country and Party are calling!

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Re: Marshall a definite maybe for Senate

Submitted by GiggleBox on July 30, 2009 - 6:32pm.

She beat Petty in 1996. And I'll always love her for it.

But having watched her Golden Girls her way through the last decade I have to think she's outclassed by either Lewis or Cunningham in every way that matters when it comes to beating Burr. And I'm not just saying that because Mills ran Neal's primary campaign against Hagan. But I will add an exclamation because of it!

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