The Case for Brad Lager:
- It's not about winning; it's about stopping the bleeding.
- Lager has run statewide before, but
- If he loses another down ballot race, his career is effectively over.
- He can go back to the Senate after the 2012 campaign.
- The Humphreys have been big Lager supporters. David Humphreys is currently Kinder's loudest GOP critic.
- Peter Kinder is paying Jeff Roe a little now to discourage a primary challenger, but Roe would make a lot more with his main man as the candidate.
- Lager doesn't care about Steve Tilley's plans, and
- If Lager runs a respectable campaign in 2012, he has an inside track on 2016.
- There is no embarrassing video evidence in the public domain to disqualify the man.
- Approximately zero Republicans want to run on a ticket with Peter Kinder.
