I have a confession: I really haven't been paying much attention to the Lt. Governor's race and it appears as though I have missed out on quite the delicacy. Kenneth Corn apparently went on the attack against Todd Lamb and Lamb responded with fire and vigor, using comments even from Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater.
I have known Kenneth Corn for a while now and though our relationship started out on rocky ground after he was a guest on my former talk show on WKY, he and I got to know each other and he even invited me on a hunt down in his part of the state. We hunted hogs with dogs and it was an experience I will not soon forget. He is well known, and very well liked in his part of the state and while there, it was almost like he was a celebrity.
I have also had the opportunity to meet Todd Lamb at a Friends of the National Rifle Association banquet a couple years ago and he seemed engaging, intelligent and though a little polished for my liking, very approachable and friendly. Lamb has the "look" of someone running for office, someone who will probably run for one office or another for the rest of his life. More than likely, if he wins, he will bide his time until the Governor's mansion becomes vacant or the opportunity to run for Congress or the U.S. Senate presents itself.
Both men are really good guys and it is rather disgusting that their campaigns have devolved to this negative garbage. Yes, people are wickedly sick of negative campaigning but at the end of the day, negative campaigns often work well. People respond to negative attacks as well as negative robo-calls and I fully suspect calls to be flying within the next couple weeks.
The GOP coffers are emptying on behalf of Lamb and Fallin (which is just plain silly to me) and by the time comes to help out Jones for Auditor or Doak for Insurance Commissioner, there will be little left - other than a compulsory mailer or two that will be sent out using one of the GOP consultant's mailing houses.
Lucky for the GOP, the Democratic party machine needs a tune-up and hasn't been lubricated so well these days.
