Galloway is reporting that State Senator Jason Carter is polling about a run for governor in 2014. Certainly with the Governor facing some ethics issues and two somewhat viable primary opponents challenging him on his flanks, the opportunity to win exists. I am not convinced Carter is going to make a run as he has been pretty adamant that he had little interest in 2014. Nothng wrong with polling though.
But the news that he might jump in now as opposed to waiting until 2018 with a much more crowded field creates a whole host of permutations of dominoes falling in different directions.
One has to wonder who might jump in to other Constitutional offices in 2014 and how quickly they will be able to lay the groundwork and freeze the field.
One also has to wonder what Mayor Reed will do if Carter runs and wins and what he does with his considerable campaign coffers post-primary.
One also has to wonder about what happens in the 2016 run for the Isakson Senate Seat as many observers feel he may not be running again.
A Carter run certainly means the state would be flush with outside cash for 2014 with both the DSCC and the DGA looking favorably at Georgia and opening up their considerable coffers and don't think for a second that Team Hillary is not watching very carefully as are those wanting to lead in-state efforts in 2016. Money is not going to be a deciding issue for Carter but the money game abong the Hidgh Dollars Donors is most certainly underway.
From where I sit a lot is going to depend on DPG Chairman DuBose Porter's ability to both fund and find an Executive Director and then the ED's ability to build the organizational capacity to funnel national dollars for media buys and build a field organization capable of adequately getting out the vote some 12 months from now. That is a hugely important undertaking and one in which the candidates and potential candidates are going to be monitoring very closely.
Then next few weeks are going to be highly entertaining.
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