Good way to get votes?
BOR analyzes the Kelly phenomenon and gives some advice to Radnofsky: Stop whining and campaign where you lost!
DC Suggestion: I put in my two cents yesterday and today-- Campaign in South Texas and ENDORSE Maria Luisa Alvarado. Hell, campaign with her! Everyone seems so surprised by the outcome, but I wasn't.
Who knows, maybe voters are voting for a name they recognize as always being on the ballot, and not just "the dancer." Let's not sell the voters short. The bottom line is, it takes a lot more than 1/2 a million dollars to get some name recognition as a first-time statewide candidate, and if you really want votes, then you need to also earn some street cred.
Oh, and one more thing: Calling voters "ignorant" when you might end up needing them in November doesn't really help a campaign. It's going to take a lot more than cocky, know-it-all bloggers (and friends from V&E) to get the vote out for BAR in South Texas. Last time I checked, Katie O'Harra (the V&E colleague) hadn't earned the right to "shame" Democrats--she didn't vote in the 2004 primary and I wonder if she even votes in primaries.
It's going to take actually campaigning with regular folks that do not regularly attend fundraisers and invitation-only events. It's going to actually take work!
Forget about running in November and run to win in April!
Update: And I can already hear it--"Stace, didn't you insult all of San Antonio yesterday?" No, not all of SA. Just those that didn't bother to vote. What I'm saying now is that we shouldn't be insulting those that actually voted in South Texas--they took the time and did their duty; like hell, if I'm going to insult them for not knowing who BAR is. If we're the Party for everybody, then that also means we campaign for everybody's vote.
DC Suggestion: I put in my two cents yesterday and today-- Campaign in South Texas and ENDORSE Maria Luisa Alvarado. Hell, campaign with her! Everyone seems so surprised by the outcome, but I wasn't.
Who knows, maybe voters are voting for a name they recognize as always being on the ballot, and not just "the dancer." Let's not sell the voters short. The bottom line is, it takes a lot more than 1/2 a million dollars to get some name recognition as a first-time statewide candidate, and if you really want votes, then you need to also earn some street cred.
Oh, and one more thing: Calling voters "ignorant" when you might end up needing them in November doesn't really help a campaign. It's going to take a lot more than cocky, know-it-all bloggers (and friends from V&E) to get the vote out for BAR in South Texas. Last time I checked, Katie O'Harra (the V&E colleague) hadn't earned the right to "shame" Democrats--she didn't vote in the 2004 primary and I wonder if she even votes in primaries.
It's going to take actually campaigning with regular folks that do not regularly attend fundraisers and invitation-only events. It's going to actually take work!
Forget about running in November and run to win in April!
Update: And I can already hear it--"Stace, didn't you insult all of San Antonio yesterday?" No, not all of SA. Just those that didn't bother to vote. What I'm saying now is that we shouldn't be insulting those that actually voted in South Texas--they took the time and did their duty; like hell, if I'm going to insult them for not knowing who BAR is. If we're the Party for everybody, then that also means we campaign for everybody's vote.
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