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SAMPLE PODCASTPraise From High Places, by Podcast
With the campaign season in its final two weeks, Rep. Steny H. Hoyer (D) has jumped into Charles County's high-profile and hard-fought race for commissioners president by calling Democratic incumbent Wayne Cooper "thoughtful," a "unifier" and a "positive influence" on the county. Cooper has been locked in a competitive race against District 3 Commissioner Al Smith (R-Waldorf) for the top elected post in county government. The campaign has grown intensely personal in recent weeks. Cooper's campaign has released several installments of "CooperCast," electronic podcast recordings in which supporters defend and praise the Democrat. In the latest recording, released this week, Hoyer, the second-highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives, said he is "strongly supporting" Cooper and urged Charles residents to vote for him. "I've worked with Wayne Cooper for many, many years," Hoyer said. "I find him to be a thoughtful, honest, careful and committed public servant, and he's exactly the kind of leader Charles County needs." Smith said he is "feeling good" about his campaign leading up to the final days. "It's going to be steady as she goes," Smith said. "I'm just going to keep meeting and greeting people. I'm walking and talking, I'm engaging people. . . . Our message is getting out, and people are clearly seeing the difference between the two candidates." Cooper's campaign has used the recordings -- which in previous installments featured state Del. Murray D. Levy (D-Charles) and Bill Fisher, president of the Education Association of Charles County, the union representing the county's public school teachers -- to unleash not-so-subtle jabs at Smith. In the Hoyer recording, Cooper's campaign consultant Maury Tobin asks Hoyer why Smith was waging what Tobin called a "divisive campaign." Hoyer responded: "People who don't have positive things to offer to the people in elections don't do very well when they're elected. My presumption is when people run negative character-assassination campaigns, it is because they don't have a positive agenda of their own. It is because they are trying to divide rather than unite. "Wayne Cooper, on the other hand, has demonstrated throughout his lifetime a very positive, thoughtful approach to solving problems," Hoyer continued. "That's what the people of Charles County need as president of their county commissioners." Smith said he is trying to run a positive campaign based on the issues. "If anybody's been running a positive campaign, it's been Al Smith," Smith said. "I'm not the guy putting anybody on a podcast running down Cooper. . . . I'm running based on the issues and facts, not on innuendoes and lies." Cooper is the only Southern Maryland candidate for whom Hoyer has recorded a podcast or any other electronic message, said Hoyer's spokeswoman, Stacey Farnen Bernards. Hoyer has endorsed all Democratic candidates in Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's counties. He campaigned last weekend with Del. Sue Kullen (D-Calvert), who is locked in a tight race to defend her seat. Hoyer also has knocked on doors in Charles County neighborhoods with District 2 Commissioner Edith J. Patterson (D-Pomfret) and Gary V. Hodge , the Democratic nominee for the District 4 commissioner seat. |
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