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Meet John Cox
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Mar 29, 2006 02:10pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, March 29, 2006 08:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | While waiting for Sen. Sam Brownback to speak at the War on Christians Conference in [the heart of Babylon] Washington today, we came across another presidential candidate who hopes he can seed his '08 aspirations among Christian conservatives.
John Cox has already been to Iowa. He went to New Hampshire, generating more coverage than Sen. Chuck Hagel. He already has an e-mail list. A campaign manager with an Alan Keyes pedigree. A website with comparisons to fellow IL'er Abe Lincoln. A platform. And even a base.
Who?
He was born and raised in Chicago, IL (on the South Side, to boot -- before the renaissance), the son of a letter carrier and a teacher. He made his money as a lawyer and a venture capitalist. He is somewhat well-known to Republicans in Chicago and even ran for Senate in 2002 -- he got a fifth of the vote in the GOP primary.
Craig Bergman is Cox's campaign manager. His opening argument, aimed at those who wonder, is that because Cook County has "more people than Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire combined," Cox is better known than, say, Tom Vilsack, Iowa's governor.
That's a base of 2 million, easy, he says. (Cook County has about 5.4 million residents; IA, NH and SC have at least 8 million between them.) |
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