{"id":426087,"date":"2011-05-18T11:25:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/18\/konadu-can-possibly-beat-mills-if-spio-doesnt-run-%e2%80%93-ben-ephson\/"},"modified":"2011-05-18T11:25:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:25:20","slug":"konadu-can-possibly-beat-mills-if-spio-doesnt-run-ben-ephson-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/18\/konadu-can-possibly-beat-mills-if-spio-doesnt-run-ben-ephson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Konadu can possibly beat Mills if Spio doesn&#8217;t run \u2013 Ben Ephson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caption\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/5df98fb8020x20350.jpg.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ben Ephson\" title=\"Ben Ephson\" align=\"left\" \/>Pollster and election watcher, Ben Ephson says Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has a better chance of beating President Mills at the NDC\u2019s presidential primaries only if Dr. Spio-Garbrah steps down and supports her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody knows that Nana Konadu and Dr. Spio-Garbrah belong to the Rawlings faction. If the two persons contest &#8211; yes they are independent people in their own right &#8211; they will be splitting the Rawlings basket of votes in the NDC. So to make it meaningful and more intense, one of them will have to step down for the other,\u201d Mr Ephson explained.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Joy FM\u2019s Super Morning Show on Wednesday, Mr Ephson said Mrs Rawlings and Dr. Spio-Garbrah\u2019s nominations do not offer any realistic opportunities for either of them and that if one steps down, \u201cthey have a good chance of beating the President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing which I will be very surprised [about] will be if by June 1, both Nana Konadu and Dr. Spio-Garbrah file their nominations \u2026I belong to the school of thought that the NDC [has] two factions now &#8211; The Rawlings faction and the Atta Mills faction,\u201d he said, adding \u201cI will not be surprised if Spio-Garbrah steps down for Nana Konadu [because] looking into the future, 2016 will be his (Spio&#8217;s) turn,\u201d and he will want Konadu&#8217;s supporters to reciprocate his kind gesture.<\/p>\n<p>The Editor of the Daily Dispatch newspaper believes that if the former First Lady should lose the primaries or even the national elections, she is not likely to make a second attempt. Dr Spio-Garbrah, in his opinion, should therefore like to put himself in poll position to court the support of Mrs Rawlings&#8217; supporters in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Spio-Garbrah on Tuesday, launched his campaign for the flagbearship slot of the NDC. He sought the blessing of former President Jerry Rawlings who used the opportunity to accuse President Mills of employing clandestine tactics to win the upcoming primaries.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Myjoyonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more from the original source: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Pollster and election watcher, Ben Ephson says Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings has a better chance of beating President Mills at the NDC\u2019s presidential primaries only if Dr. Spio-Garbrah steps down and supports her. \u201cEverybody knows that Nana Konadu and Dr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-426087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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