Well that was quick....
For the past few weeks I have been watching the Bill Bolling campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. Yesterday Bill Bolling won the Republican primary against Sean Connaughton. Now I am not a huge fan of the Bolling Web site and have a number of criticisms against it. The Web site is not updated frequently enough and in my opinion has not done as much as it can do to enhance the Bolling campaign.
As I said, the Web site tends not to be updated so this morning I was pleasantly surprised to see that the site was changed to highlight Bolling's primary win. While I think the site's homepage is still relatively boring and does not inspire me to get excited about Bolling as a candidate it did mention he won the nomination. I would have liked to see more of an emphasis on actually thanking the voters who went out on the hottest day of the year and made it to the polls. Bolling's thank you to voters was an afterthought and I was not impressed.
As I looked at the site I thought it would be interesting to see how Bolling's Republican opponent, Sean Connaughton, reacted to the Bolling victory yesterday. I thought that Bolling's Web site was boring, but after seeing the Connaughton site, it looked like Disneyworld. The site had been stripped of its graphics, links, and any allure and only features small black font on a white screen and reads "Sean thanks all his supporters from the bottom of his heart. He wishes the winning Republican Team all the best in the November General Elections. He pledges his support to the Kilgore/Bolling/McDonnell Republican Ticket."
Call me crazy but looking at that Web site it does not seem that Connaughton is too thrilled to pledge support to the Republican ticket. He could not even find it in himself to use commas to separate the tickets names. It looks as if he just added the text to do the right thing and support his party but give me a break this does not seem genuine. I understand losing a bid for nomination must be crushing, but I think Connaughton owes more to his supporters.
At the least, the site should have been updated to reflect his lost and the original shell with the links should remain. I think Connaughton should have released a letter to his supporters thanking them for their votes and their dedication to his campaign. He should have said that while he lost the nomination he would still fight for the issues that he believes in. I also think he should have shown more genuine support for the nominated Republican team.
Yes, Connaughton lost but isn't this Web site a tad bit lacking? For the sake of the Connaughton supporters and the Republican Party as a whole I do not think Connaughton should have checked out this quickly. Looking at that site all I see is a sore loser, not a person who will remain committed to the people of Virginia. It is hard to tell anything else from a candidate with just three lines of black text on a white screen....
As I said, the Web site tends not to be updated so this morning I was pleasantly surprised to see that the site was changed to highlight Bolling's primary win. While I think the site's homepage is still relatively boring and does not inspire me to get excited about Bolling as a candidate it did mention he won the nomination. I would have liked to see more of an emphasis on actually thanking the voters who went out on the hottest day of the year and made it to the polls. Bolling's thank you to voters was an afterthought and I was not impressed.
As I looked at the site I thought it would be interesting to see how Bolling's Republican opponent, Sean Connaughton, reacted to the Bolling victory yesterday. I thought that Bolling's Web site was boring, but after seeing the Connaughton site, it looked like Disneyworld. The site had been stripped of its graphics, links, and any allure and only features small black font on a white screen and reads "Sean thanks all his supporters from the bottom of his heart. He wishes the winning Republican Team all the best in the November General Elections. He pledges his support to the Kilgore/Bolling/McDonnell Republican Ticket."
Call me crazy but looking at that Web site it does not seem that Connaughton is too thrilled to pledge support to the Republican ticket. He could not even find it in himself to use commas to separate the tickets names. It looks as if he just added the text to do the right thing and support his party but give me a break this does not seem genuine. I understand losing a bid for nomination must be crushing, but I think Connaughton owes more to his supporters.
At the least, the site should have been updated to reflect his lost and the original shell with the links should remain. I think Connaughton should have released a letter to his supporters thanking them for their votes and their dedication to his campaign. He should have said that while he lost the nomination he would still fight for the issues that he believes in. I also think he should have shown more genuine support for the nominated Republican team.
Yes, Connaughton lost but isn't this Web site a tad bit lacking? For the sake of the Connaughton supporters and the Republican Party as a whole I do not think Connaughton should have checked out this quickly. Looking at that site all I see is a sore loser, not a person who will remain committed to the people of Virginia. It is hard to tell anything else from a candidate with just three lines of black text on a white screen....
