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Bob Tuke: grifter candidate?
Posted By katie allison granju
Over at The Nashville Scene, Jeff Woods makes the extremely cynical case that Bob Tuke’s nascent Senate campaign is really just a hustle:
I’ve never been a big fan of Lamar Alexander, and I’m all for competitive elections. But it’s hard to resist the temptation to see Bob Tuke’s campaign as a scam. Here’s a guy with absolutely zero chance to win who’s going to trick and shame and guilt-trip Democrats into giving him a $1 million or more. And to what end? So Tuke’s handlers–who include Fletcher, Rowley and the fundraiser Cathy Thomas–can earn a little cash.
If Tuke or anyone else wanted to make a serious run against Alexander, they needed to start doing it much, much earlier. At this point, his campaign is a joke, except as a small moneymaker for political operatives.
But Sean Braisted disagrees (and so do I):
Of course, you could use Jeff Woods’ line of reasoning for just about any campaign/candidate which shows little chance of victory (Mark Penn sure as hell doesn’t want Hillary’s campaign to end anytime soon), and there is probably a grain of truth to that argument (at least for the people who work for with those campaigns), but I don’t think Tuke would be running if he didn’t see either a possibility of winning, or the chance to boost his reputation and possibly transfer that to another race down the line.
Mar 31st, 2008
Everyone knows that just filing to run is great advertising. I believe Mr. - sorry, LT. Tuke is sincere about what he says, but unless there’s an immense coattail effect or some accident, he doesn’t have a chance.
Interesting that his main opponent has the same relationship with Sen. Clinton as Lt. Tuke does with Sen. Obama.