Whine me a river

Mother of Mary, the soap opera that is the David Poythress campaign is getting kinda desparate, isn't it?

He blasted out an email entitled 'For The Good Of The Party' where he proceeds to, for all practical purposes, get down on his hands and knees and beg Roy Barnes not to run.

It's the most absurd appeal that I've ever seen in politics.

Poythress knows that he's getting absolutely killed in the polls ... so he sends out an email literally pleading with the frontrunner with no real rationale aside from the fact that Barnes's presence in the means that Poythress, more than likely, won't win ...

His late entry into the race has strengthened my resolve and made victory twice as important as it was in January. Not only do Democrats have to stop Roy Barnes in the primary, we have to then come together to win the general election so we can solve some of the toughest policy challenges in the history of our state.

For the good of the Party, I hope that Roy Barnes realizes that there’s still time for him to change his mind so we can avoid a divisive primary. Ironically, the only sure-fire way to prove that he has changed is for Roy to put Georgia’s needs before his own ambition and stay out of the race for Governor.

Um, stop Barnes from what?

Being the frontrunner?

Garnering national attention for making this a competitive race?

Drawing the interest of business backers who fled to the Republican Party?