Salon.com > Wayne Powell http://www.salon.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “Self-absorbed, egomaniacal” http://www.salon.com/2012/09/15/self_absorbed_egomaniacal/ http://www.salon.com/2012/09/15/self_absorbed_egomaniacal/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13012495 Wayne Powell has a daunting task. A lawyer, businessman and 30-year Army intelligence vet, Powell is trying to take down one of the biggest bucks in the Republican Party in his first bid for elected office: Rep. Eric Cantor. Cantor's 7th Congressional District is conservative, but polling has convinced Powell that Cantor is vulnerable. "The odds have been against me since the day I was born," says Powell, who grew up in Richmond. He's also got legendary and colorful Democratic strategist Mudcat Saunders on his team, which should scare any opponent. Powell tells Salon that Cantor is too beholden to corporate interests and too "self-absobed" to care about average folks. Powell says he thinks he'll convince voters he's the right guy after an upcoming debate. This conversation has been edited for conciseness.

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