May 11 2008
Herndon Wants Few to Denounce SCRG
A candidate running for a House seat in Richland and Kershaw counties has asked his opponent to sever her ties with a third-party group that advocates using tax credits to pay for private schools.
In a letter to his opponent, Sheri Few, David Herndon said he has concerns about the campaign tactics of South Carolinians for Responsible Government. In the past, Herndon wrote, the group has attacked candidates with which it has disagreed.
In 2006 the group sent out numerous mail pieces critical of Rep. Bill Cotty, the retiring Republican who now represents the district.
If Herndon can’t take the heat he ought to get out of the kitchen. Of course a group is going to run ads against a candidate whose positions they don’t support. That doesn’t make it an attack ad. Too many candidates seem to think that when they are called on their record they are being attacked. In Herndon’s case, they haven’t run anything against him so why is he making an issue out of something that hasn’t even happened?
I am not going to support nor condemn SCRG’s tactics, but it seems to me they are about the only ones trying to seriously fix the failure of public education in this state.
