But any reporter who writes about the candidate will go there for research. Any opponent who is worried about the candidate will have staffers regularly checking to see what’s there.

Its a box to check, and while checking the website you don’t want it to beg additional questions. Assuming anyone cares to notice, those side-questions just suck the oxygen out of the candidate’s intended message. Every candidate only gets so much air – and you don’t want it used up on questions like: Did you ever have a job? Are you just trying for 20 percent? What’s up with the butterflies?

ut there’s a gaping hole as to what this guy does for a living… or has ever done for a living, other than marrying a doctor.

That’s what I said, but come to think of it, marrying a doctor = good strategy!

CPA?
rodeo clown?
working microfinance for the Ford Foundation?

raising butterflies maybe…

Frankly when I saw the page…it looked nice…but when I went into content….I had a much better site for my town council race…In a very small town…

He needs to work on this…BIG TIME

What’s with the butterflies? That’s the first thing I noticed. Not completely weird, but a little bit so.

Good looking guy in a suit that actually looks like it was tailored for him. Nice.

Looks like a functional website, too, and easy to find your way around. One thing I like is the donate button is flashing in your face, but that’s probably a bad thing.

Onto the tabs. And since we’re talking about the ‘about,’ why in the world would anyone mention an out of state high school? That’s just amateurish. Not only is it a weird bit of over-information, but it highlights that Monds isn’t from Georgia. Drop it and just go with the college reference.

Yeah, the volunteer activities and membership in organizations show someone who is involved – great – but there’s a gaping hole as to what this guy does for a living… or has ever done for a living, other than marrying a doctor.

Issues, Georgia Budget: good pick of an issue, but… “The Republicrats that Georgia voters have put in office have continued to fail us.” Amateurish. A serious candidate doesn’t play little kid games with the names of opposing parties, and a smart candidate doesn’t highlight the fact the the voters he’s trying to attract are the ones who screwed up. I don’t like the “it doesn’t take a genius” line, either. Doesn’t sound professional.

Government’s Role: first line sounds whining. Rest needs some work, I think. Can’t pinpoint why, but in general John should hire a writer to take a look at things like this.

Transportation: focuses on congestion, when I’m guessing that’s a localized problem, and mostly in Atlanta (though not from the state, so just guessing). Sure, I’m glad he’s not going to raise taxes to fix it, but if I’m out in the country I get the idea that he’s an urban focused candidate.

Equal Access: NO!!! If I was a Georgian, I am not wasting my vote for governor on just an effort to prevent third party volunteers from having to petition in the future. Those couple of sentences seem to give soooo much unintended information away. First and foremost, John himself probably doesn’t see himself as a serious candidate, who is running to win the office. His run is most likely about building his party and not out of his concern for these issues and the Georgians they affect. As true as those statements might be, you can’t let people know that.

Seriously, get that one down before someone else reads it.

I literally laughed out loud on that one! That WOULD be wonderfully ironic!

In a two-way race between a major party candidate and a third-party/independent candidate, I think a lot of voters will register their frustration by voting against the major party candidate – knowing its a futile, inconsequential action because that candidate will eventually win. They just don’t want him to win by tooooo much.

A better question perhaps is how many people in that 33 percent could tell you Monds name five minutes after leaving the polling place?

Hopefully a lot, but I wouldn’t blindly assume that.

In all honesty, we’re just praying for 20%. If Monds can get that, we’ve got ballot access for anything in the state, and that’s a pretty good consolation prize for us!

Is that his family behind him? They are beautiful!

Particularly as an African-American, a community disproportionately affected by our insane drug laws, I found his message appropriate and well put (i.e., non-threatening).

2012′s a long way away, but if Monds continues on this path, he could well be a most excellent national ticket topper!