A day inside the Richardson Campain...
I got a call this weekend from a campaign office. They were setting up a Monday series of events for announcing the Gary Richardson campaign for Oklahoma Governor, in 2018. I was given the opportunity to observe the event from the inside. I decided to accept. Here is a timeline and narrative... 8:00 I met up with the campaign bus at the parking lot of a south Tulsa Walmart. They had a large and comfy chartered coach. About two dozen invited guests were aboard. Some were Gary Richardson's law associates, past clients, family friends, civic leaders, or just big fans of the message Richardson's campaign is advancing. Every passenger was given a Richardson campaign tee shirt. 8:30 We were on the road. I sat by a former Richardson client. He's a professor of history at Oral Roberts University. We were en route to the Oklahoma History Center, on the campus of the Oklahoma State Capitol. 10:15 The Monday morning weather was beautiful and when we arrived at the venue there was a crowd in the large hall. the team had set up a perfect backdrop.. the Oklahoma Capitol building. It was in disrepair and scaffolding and tarps cloaked most of the exterior. How fitting for this populist message of Richardson's |