Let's make a deal. I start sending free tutoring to Mr, Morris, you go over to "redstate" and offer to "learn." (For God's sake don't give them an email address you don't want spammed, or personal information in your registration!)
Are you qualified to tutor Mr. Morris?
How many races have you been on paid staff? How many races have you been a central element in? Are you experienced enough to run a campaign?
Don't confuse a consultant that you emotionally don't like with one with can't learn. The way any consultant...congressional, state, city commissioner, mayoral, etc....is by making mistakes.
And the Blogs have virtually nothing to do with it. If Morris read the signs right he changed his judgement.
The value in Consultants is that they have already made many mistakes so their current candidate won't. I had an interview with Progressive Tony Trupiano on this exact subject to publish for you until I had an equipment failure. Hopefully I'll have it next week.
Consultants are not limited to the jerkish Mr, Morris. There are hundreds of dedicated and effective people that candidates need as the Candidate doesn't know as much on a specific subject as the consultant.
If you think any candidate knows as much about field operations or direct mail or polling as a good consultant on those same topics you are wrong.
And as my 'learning' at a red blog. Why would I go there? I learn by listening and reading their leadership...not their sheep.
