Because I like to talk process and strategy as much as anyone, what do you think of Knox's strategy as evidenced in the post just prior to this one?
When he speaks of any of the other candidates, he's has nothing but nice things to say. I heard him all but endorse Evans and Nutter in Mt. Airy several weeks ago. But in the space of two weeks, he's now connected Brady to Fumo and set the over-under of number votes Brady will get in May at 69 (it's actually 68 since Brady was gracious enough to cast Nutter's vote by proxy for Nutter).
It seems pretty clear to me what the strategy is early on for Knox and it doesn't just include spending a whole lot on television commercials. Thoughts?
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I still think this helps no one like it helps fattah.
evans and nutter seem dangerously close to getting shouted out of this race early. they were both starting with lower name id than fattah or brady, and so it would have been imperative for both to get out ahead of the curve during the past five weeks. unfortunately, neither seems to have much of a communications staff at all.
no surprise, then, that other candidates, such as knox, would be willing to speak highly of them. it makes the speaker sound gracious without the threat of actually helping a serious challenger.
fattah v. brady seems to be the showdown, and knox can stick around - thanks to his huge personal fortune - and play the wild card if he wants to.
if knox engages brady in a mud fight, however, fattah is clearly the beneficiary.
it will be interesting to see how brady responds, but knox may have put him in a lose-lose situation. he can try to stay above the fray, but knox' attacks could still be effective, or he can hit back, taking knox down with him, and leaving fattah unmolested as the frontrunner.
Posted by Phaedrus | February 10, 2007 5:28 PM
Nutter and Evans have raised more money from more people than anybody else, so I don't think they're going to get shouted out of the race just yet. What makes you think that Knox wouldn't go dirty against the "front runner"?
Posted by Friedman | February 11, 2007 10:26 PM