Updated 11/4/2009 10:40:12 PM
ATLANTA -- Flush with a strong finish and a spot in the December runoff -- Kasim Reed is staying upbeat, while rebooting his campaign for the month ahead.
"I think we have run a very high-minded campaign," Reed said during an interview on 11Alive's Morning News.
Reed skipped a noon appearance with Mary Norwood, nursing a cold while devising strategy and raising money. By afternoon, Reed was waving a sign on a street corner.
Reed says he'll continue to beat the thematic drum that highlights his roots as a Democrat, while branding Norwood a Republican. In a city that's heavily Democratic, it's a strategy that Reed thinks helped raise his vote totals Tuesday.
"I think political party affiliation and association is important to Atlanta. We know that that's the case. And when its an appropriate topic, I'm going to raise it," Reed said this afternoon.
The strategy may also help rally African American voters to Reed -- though Reed says race is a card he won't play."I have been in office 11 years. I have never engaged in that kind of divisive rhetoric. I'm not going to start now," Reed said.
Meantime, Lisa Borders campaign headquarters was locked tight, its windows covered. But her spokeswoman says both Norwood and Reed called, looking for support. -- for a runoff that's likely to be razor close.
