Former Congressman JC Watts, who is widely rumored to be eyeing a run for Governor but has not yet announced his intentions, won a straw poll tonight in Stephens County. Watts garnered 65 votes, Mary Fallin 55 votes and Randy Brogdon 9 votes.
What makes Watts’ victory even more impressive is that he was the only one of the three who was not in attendance at the Stephens County GOP Fish Fry,where the straw poll was taken.
So JC wins the straw poll in Stephens County? I guess there’s a lot of people who only care about “helping elect a black Republican” http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2009/04/coming-storm-2010-governors-race.html
Now if he would just announce. It may be humorous that he is winning straw polls before announcing now, but if he doesn’t announce soon it will look like he doesn’t have the commitment to the race he should.
This strangely reminds of last years Presidential GOP Primaries when Fred Thompson was the “favorite” before he ever announced. He waited too long and we all saw how that worked out.