Ward: Dems tried to vilify me

[ccharles000]

Vaughn Ward, the Republican recruit in Idaho whose campaign imploded in the final weeks, is on a mission to rehabilitate his image after suffering a humbling defeat in last week’s primary.

Ward’s bid for the GOP nomination in Idaho’s 1st Congressional District faced a seemingly endless string of self-inflicted missteps, and in an interview with POLITICO he sought to set the record straight about his campaign and tout its successes. He has even enlisted a publicist who volunteered to help him reach out to give his side of the story, in which he portrays himself as a novice candidate pulverized by Democratic interests looking to prevent him from becoming the Republican nominee against freshman Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho).

He said that he ran one of the best campaigns in the country for more than 13 months — he touts a Wall Street Journal article in April highlighting the race — and said he regrets that his entire image is based on mistakes made during the campaign homestretch. He frequently described his effort as an “underdog campaign” despite receiving support from the National Republican Congressional Committee and donations from leading members of Congress.

“To me, this was a final five weeks in an attempt to discredit what we had built — it was done systematically by the White House and the DNC and the Democratic Party,” Ward said. “I’d like people to know who the campaign was. There was a lot of misinformation out there to vilify me, to say this was not a good candidate. But I disagree. Fourteen months, we raised a lot of money and got a lot of people excited.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0610/38055.html

[Clintonista2]

1. So basically he's upset that the opposing party opposed him?

Sorry Mr.Ward, you'll need a thicker skin than that if you want to run for office.

[Mz Pip]

2. Has Mr. Ward been asleep

for the past two decades? Has he never heard of Karl Rove? Has he never heard of opposition research? Does he not understand the nature of politics?

If this guy is that naive as to somehow believe that he could just waltz in and not face any criticism from the Democrats, he is truly delusional and does not belong in politics.

[xxqqqzme]

3. Time to get a real job

and stop fantasying about feeding at the trough w/ your 'supporters'.