July 12, 2007
Noriega's announcement gets pushed
It's sad to say, but the reason is solid. Out of respect for Lady Bird and her family, Rep. Noriega has postponed his Senate announcement until Monday at 11. On a less somber note, Mike Hailey at Capitol Inside has a great article Noriega's shrewd use of earned media
Noriega - a lieutenant colonel who spent 14 months on active duty in Afghanistan with the Army National Guard in the war on terror - confirmed in newspaper interviews this past weekend that he would be forming an exploratory committee this week to gauge support for a possible campaign for the seat that Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn plans to seek again next year. Noriega announced Tuesday that he will formally announce at a Texas Capitol press conference on Thursday that he's filed the necessary paperwork with the Federal Election Commission for the exploratory effort. That's three potential press hits in less than a week. In this day and age, exploratory committees are formed after the water has been tested, the trial balloons floated and the campaign machinery put in place. Potential candidates don't organize exploratory committees to help them decide whether or not they really want to run. With scattered possible exceptions, candidates form exploratory committees to guarantee a double-dose of publicity to use as a campaign springboard once they've decided that they're running.
Posted by mcblogger at July 12, 2007 06:39 AM
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