Republican strategists both associated with and independent of GOP nominee Gabriel Gomez's campaign are growing increasingly frustrated by what they see as the unwillingness of establishment donors and conservative activists to get fully behind the candidacy of the first-time candidate for Massachusetts Senate. "Republican donors around the country have demanded for years that we find candidates who have appeal outside the normal conservative coalition, as well as those who have interesting private sector backgrounds. You couldn't find anyone who fits that description better than Gabriel Gomez,” said Brad Todd of OnMessage, Inc., the GOP consulting firm that handles strategy, media and polling for Gomez’s campaign. “And conservative bloggers and self-proclaimed armchair experts have navel-gazed and pointed fingers since November," Todd continued. "It is time for them to put away the sack cloth lab coats and grab an oar." (more…)
