Why Did Phil Moffett Leave? **Updated**

Everybody knows that Phil Moffett is planning a run for office, probably governor again.  And everybody believes that the republican candidate will win the fourth district Congressional race which Moffett was chairing.  So why would Moffett leave the campaign with a few weeks left to go?

Wouldn't he want the advantage of being the chairman of a winning effort, the press coverage of being on stage to celebrate a victory, maybe a spot on the team as a state director for the new Congressman?

And what about Phyllis Sparks, who was with the candidate everywhere since the beginning.  Why did she and Moffett leave at the same time?

Some have speculated that they are busy setting up the post election organization for the district.  Some have speculated that they are stepping aside to free up more money for ad buys than for staff salaries.

Some have speculated that the internal poll numbers did not satisfy the candidate and some blame was spread around (admittedly this came from democrats).

But a lot of people are wondering what they are up to.  Might they be out looking for Super PAC money and couldn't do that if they were still associated with the campaign?

Or might there be some other reason no one has spoken about that could have come up?

Any way you look at it, when the two top people in a campaign step down at the last minute, ears perk up, eyes widen and somebody will surely sniff out the reason.

**UPDATE**

Comments

[karmen]

Let ur true colors shine...arrogance is his middle name. I will not be voting for TM just b/c he's a repub. I am actually undecided if i can pull the lever for that race at all. :(

[Sally M.]

This guy is still hanging out at TEA party meetings? What about all of the other people in the district he will be representing?

Sounds a lot like that 47% thing if you ask me.

I still don't know what this guy is going to do in Congress.

[Ben Thankin]

Mr. Carey, why haven't we seen word of this shake up in the Massie campaign anywhere else? You are exactly right to bring it up and Moffett just confirmed what everybody is saying, Massie is taking the voters for granted.

As one news source pointed out, to the many democrats in his district, and even to many republicans, he is a complete unknown. For him to avoid debates, never show up anywhere that the room isn't filled with his Ron Paul friends is more than a little rude, it is the display of inexcusable arrogance. Moffett just confirmed it by saying that they don't need anybody day to day because they've got this thing in the bag.

How freakin hard can we make these people fall?

[Barney Gunkel]

I see from Facebook that Moffett must have a Google Alert set up for himself and jumped right on your blog post. You are exactly right, people have been speculating why he left just as they are still speculating why Geoff Davis stepped down.

For Moffett to get in your face like that shows how thin skinned he is. Never gonna be gubnah Phil, get over it.