The draft Morgan effort caught the usually unflappable Morgan a bit off guard, but he is certainly not writing off the thought.
St. Petersburg Fl
Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD
Author: In Search of Robin
Attorney
John Morgan, the guy who smiles at you from all those billboards and comes into
your living room with folksy advice and rock hard legal services may want to be
your next governor.
The draft Morgan effort caught the
usually unflappable Morgan a bit off guard, but he is certainly not writing off
the thought.
"Since Monday, the outpouring of
encouragement to run for governor has been overwhelming and unexpected,"
wrote Morgan, who has never held elective office. "It is either extremely
flattering that so many people put such faith in me, or sad that people have so
little faith in the typical politicians of both parties who are expected to
seek the office."
But, he added, "Before I go down this road any further I need a
lot of time to think about it. There are obvious drawbacks and hurdles,"
John Morgan.
Reaction was swift and
more or less predictable. See: Tampa Bay Times, Adam Smith, Add
Morgan to list of potential governors
Tampa Bay Times, Adam Smith, Buckhorn,
Graham, Levine respond to John Morgan's possible gov campaign against them
In an initial social media and web site
posting forthegovenor.com requesting support and funds, quickly garnered
2000 responses, one of them mine.
There will be all the obvious comparisons
to Trump outsider, rich, successful probably fewer comparisons to Rick Scott,
who lead the outsider effort in Florida.
The interest in Morgan continues a
trend toward less emphasis on the political class, which has been in charge of government
for far too many decades.
Just the thought of someone with
Morgan's reputation of fighting for the little guy, and name recognition throws
shivers into the Democratic establishment. Who would consider a run against Morgan
in the democratic primary?
Bob Buckhorn? Seriously?
Same on the Republican side. Who would
the Republicans want to put up against Morgan?
Even better question what Republican
would want to risk their career running against Morgan?
Don't look for a decision soon there is
great value in letting this effort percolate through the Republican and
Democratic establishment.
For now, Morgan is "thinking" about
it, and you can follow the fun on Twitter at https://twitter.com/forthegovernor.
Morgan and his firm were once My Lawyer,
and I have no qualms about him being My Governor.
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Disclosures: Previous client of Morgan and Morgan
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