by: Pam Spaulding
No wonder the Cunningham adviser didn't want to put his/her name on this unbelievable quote:
"When you are in a three-way Democratic primary with a female statewide office holder and an African American it makes it difficult to raise money no matter how good you are," said one Cunningham adviser.
So blacks and women are keeping the white man Cal down!? That is mindblowingly craptastic "advising." What could possibly motivate some unnamed aide to utter this on behalf of Cal Cunningham? A clue here:
Former state senator Cal Cunningham, national Democrats' preferred nominee against Sen. Richard Burr (R) this fall, raised just $345,000 in his first three months of active campaigning -- a sum that raises questions about his ability to win the May 4 primary.
"In a multi-candidate primary, the candidate with the momentum in the last weeks almost always emerges on top," argued Cunningham campaign manager Rick Fromberg in a memo sent to reporters Wednesday night.
Cunningham will face off against Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and attorney Ken Lewis among others in next month's primary. Polling suggests that Marshall is the favorite in that race thanks to name identification built up over her 14 years in her current post.
Neither Marshall nor Lewis have starred in the race for campaign cash either, however. Marshall brought in just $163,000 from Jan. 1 to March 31 while Lewis raised just $109,000. Burr, by contrast, raked in $1.57 million in the year's first fundraising quarter.
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/15919/ncsen-cal-cunningham-adviser-sees-blacks-and-women-as-a-fundraising-problem