Talley Talks Tactics

By Kleinheider Posted on August 21, 2008 at 7:02 am

Clint Brewer follows up on his breaking news report earlier in the week and talks with the Democratic operative who admits dropping the believed-to-be expunged DUI record of state House candidate A.J. McCall on the desk of GOP House Leader Jason Mumpower:

Talley also chalked up sending the arrest records from the early 1990s and a copy of a flier against GOP Rep. Tim Dubois to McCall’s wife to “political hardball.

“I sent that record over there just to let them know we knew about the DUI arrest,” Talley said.

When asked why he sent to McCall’s wife and not to McCall, Talley replied, “Six in one hand, half a dozen in the other.”

McCall’s opponent, longtime incumbent Democratic State Rep. Stratton Bone’s campaign condemned the campaign tactics against McCall earlier in the week before Talley came forward. Talley said the Bone campaign’s statement did not bother him.

“It doesn’t concern me,” Talley said. “I’m here to win House races.”

Mumpower further condemned Talley’s actions, saying he would tender a complaint with House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh over the House Democratic Caucus actions. He also said four people work in his office and that it is staffed whenever it is open.

“It alarms me greatly that Democratic Party officials feel they can enter anyone’s state office, day or night,” Mumpower said. “That should not happen to anyone regardless of party.”

Mumpower added Talley’s action were “the kind of thing voters hate about politics.”

“Trying to scare and intimidate someone’s wife and then try to brush it off shows a person of very low moral character,” Mumpower said. “I guess they believe in a win at any cost kind of system.”

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