I wore a suit and told them my press credential was in the mail. Which is even true.
I have to say, overall Taze (pronounced “taz”) is a very encouraging candidate. I want to meet the other candidates now and offer them the same opportunity.
As for the screen capture, it’s kinda random hilarity, innit? But it was a pretty good first interview, I thought. I didn’t press on the green energy bit; he’s probably still not sure what to say about the topics, but he’s very good at the smashing of stupid when he has the kryptonite. He’s restrained and not too easy to rattle. He rattles back, which is good — a soft touch, and always aiming for the center.
I have to say, as the man who made a video about George Wallace I am gratified to see he can take a rightward position on Pelosi without actually committing to an anti-Pelosi agenda. He’ll need that with a Democratic majority, but he’s not committing himself, and that’s enough for now. He can “modify” his positions later.
He had a weakness: he’s not up on his green energy and green tech talking points. But he’s a fighter, and I like that. He’ll be popular with government employees in Huntsville-Madison-Decatur.
I’ll be interviewing the other two soon. In the meantime, I think the Democrats stand a better than even chance of winning Parker Griffith’s seat. The early field looks promising, because it can only get better and we’re pretty close to excellent.
My judgement as a trained political scientist and a linguist: if Taze (pronounced “taz”) keeps working on it and finds a way to make peace with the unions, he can definitely beat Griffith or Mo. But we’ll see.
Is”Taze-Mania” coming? Is MoRan right around the corner? Stay tuned…
