A wise man once said: “You can’t stop the Mumpower! You can only hope to contain it.”
Consider him contained:
Republican Congressional candidate Carl Mumpower has suspended his campaign to unseat incumbent Heath Shuler, saying he’ll eliminate about 80 percent of formal campaigning until at least half of the Republican leaders in the 15 counties in the 11th Congressional District commit to core party principles.
“I’m not going to be doing any fundraising or advertising-there won’t be any active campaigning for the Republican Party,” Mumpower said this morning. “I’ll put things on hold until I get party officials to commit to the principles and to the process of holding elected officials accountable.”
Needless to say, the NRCC, who once spoke glowingly about Mumpower, is now incredibly embarrassed to have handed over this district to him.
SSP rates this race as “Safe Democratic“.
Let’s be honest and call it “Safe Blue Dog” or, better yet, “Safe Republican Lite”
… might have been enough to run his website until election day.
..for standing up to to Republican leaders. I think every Republican candidate should follow his example and suspend their campaigns until the Republican Party leadership commits itself to “core party principles.” This is a long process and it’s completely possible that this candidate “strike” may have to extend itself to the next campaign. But who said their noble cause would be easy or painless?