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campaigns it not only attracts voters who are impressed by it, but also more money.
Of course, it could turn around, but at the moment sources within the GOP describe Durrette’s campaign as lagging badly with the well-heeled Parris organization forging ahead.
The result has been unusual bitterness and acrimony in both camps. The Durrette people see Parris as an interloper who is trying, in effect, to buy the nomination and deprive Durrette of the prize for which he has long worked and deserves. The Parris camp sees Durrette as a loser who would one again be defeated by his Democratic opponent, depriving the GOP of the governor’s mansion for another four years.
Since both men are suitably conservative, knowledgeable of public affairs and generally qualified to serve as governor, the main issue that they are presenting to potential GOP delegates is the question of who would be the more electable candidate.
Parris believes he would be because he has the financial resources to structure a mammoth campaign organization. Durrette believes he would be the easier to elect because 'of the broad grass roots support he has built up over the years.
What we are likely to see in the weeks ahead is a bruising campaign where there is very little elbow room for accommodation on either side. Both Durrette and Parris are doggedly determined to win the nomination, and each possesses his distinctive kind of muscle which could make the struggle a bloody donneybrook, indeed.
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