Quotes from folks at Musgrove's Gulfport Announcement

I asked a couple folks to comment on why Musgrove would be their best choice. Here are their responses:*

"He's the right man for the job. He has integrity. He's a visionary. He will not benefit the few at the expense of the many."
- Andrew "FoFo" Guilich

"Governor Musgrove had a very strong interest in the Gulf Coast during the time he was Governor. He probably spend as much time helping the Coast as all other governors in the past quarter century combined. We need a leader in the majority party in the Senate. An issue of the Coast's and state's economic security because the Coast is here so many federal installations, jobs, and contracts that are dependent on our having influence in Washington. We've been lucky to have two good leaders in Senator Trent Lott and Senator Thad Cochran who came along in the Reagan era when Republicans were in charge. Now Democrats are in charge likely for the next generation."
- Leonard Blackwell


Above is Andrew "FoFo" Guilich

*Quotes may have errors. They were not tape recorded and I relied on my own shorthand.

Ronnie Musgrove's Gulfport Announcement

Between 30 and 40 folks showed up to the rally/announcement at 5 when it was scheduled to begin. I'd say the turnout wasn't too bad considering the college championship game is tonight. One of the folks there said he'd been to the Wicker event also and the number of people was about the same. Musgrove was on time and brought his new wife, Melody, and his daughter. Both are pictured with him in the shot above.

Locals of interest that I recognized were Andrew "FoFo" Guilich, a former Biloxi mayoral candidate and Leonard Blackwell, a local attorney who served on the Mississippi Gaming Commission.

The location wasn't the best with Highway 90 on one side and the train tracks not too far off on the other. At one point in his speech Musgrove competed with truck traffic and train whistles for the WLOX microphone. I overheard his say that he'd picked the location. He was a friend of the Coast when he was governor and he's been down to the Coast a lot since Hurricane Katrina.

I asked his daughter in law in attendance why more wasn't said about her husband serving in Iraq and she said they wanted to be careful not to say anything they shouldn't.