I’ve been so busy touring that I haven’t mentioned the announcement of another major endorsement for Giffords: The League of Conservation Voters. The full text of the LCV announcement is available on the Giffords web site, here.
The announcement of the Weiss poll slipped by me entirely, but not by the political observers who regularly comment here at The Data Port. Lacking a fresh post here they had to tack their comments on my June 20th post, below. The comments are well worth reading. (link)
Here’s a link to the text of the poll from the Weiss web site. (link)
My take? I don’t think there’s anything there to cause the Giffords camp any concern. As one commenter pointed out, less than half the people who have heard of her said they’d vote for her. Weiss's only argument for her election continues to be that everyone knows her name.
6 comments:
Fedup,
Where did you get this Gabrielle and "nuclear energy" thing?
Also, I notice you use phrases like "outright lies" and "flip-flopping". These phrases are straight out of Rove's textbook!
I'm a Gabrielle suppporter. However, I love nothing more than a healthy debate. Back up your disagreements about Gabrielle with distinct facts...not propaganda.
Thanks for the heads up on where to find the file!
I find it interesting that Gabrielle supporters on this blog and others don't back up their accusations with facts. It truely makes their claims look like heresay.
Maybe that the Arizona Bridge To Independent Living, the largest handicapped advocacy group in Arizona, opposed it and she trusted their judgment. You know, those damned establishment handicapped people.
Old Anonymouse Squeaks:
"It would be interesting to see how many of these bloggers are not Democrats. Art Jacobson is a proud member of the independents, as is Kral. Many of the ardent supporters of Gabby are either Republicans or lawyers. Hard to tell which are posting here."
This is really a hoot, since practically no one here has the courage (or decency) to stand up and really identify themselves. Who the f--- are you?
I'm proud to be me...are you ashamed
to be you?
Art
Dear "Self Appointed"
"The point of this argument about you and Art as independents is that you do not represent the Democrats, nor do you represent the best interests of the Democrats."
Do I nose out the aroma of some sort of principle of doctrinal purity here? Why of course.
The best interest of the Democrats is to win CD 8 and gain control of Congress. Nothing else matters, because if we don't do that we're screwed.
Being registered as a Democrat does not guarantee you will represent the
interests of the Democrats. Leaders of our development industry (Don Diamond for instance) have been Dems forever and have consistently rallied to the call of the Tucson Thirty.
Should the experience-free Weiss or the financially strapped Latas actually be our candidate they are going to need all the help they can get.
In the spirit of an old Bud and Travis tune...Tell your parents not to muddy the water around us, they may have to drink it some day!"
Instead of wasting your time down here at the bottom of a comment thread you (and your candidate) would be better off if you did some work out in the field.
Incidentally, I imagine the reason you see a minority of Dems here is that they are too busy working for the Giffords campaign.
'gards,
Art
I may be out of my depth here, and if so, apologies in advance.
How many people are we really talking to here? How many people are really reading/listening? How much do these blogs really influence elections? Who does this discussion really serve?
Make no mistake, I enjoy doing this and actually TDP is my favorite place.
If we are 50 people, or even 100, that perhaps get watched by another 100, we mean what?! This is over 80 comments deep and I am really not trying to start anything, but I think these blogs serve the bloggers, all 200 of us (or whatever) that might actually vote in CD8.
I think campaigns need to watch what is happening, but blogging is not an effective way to get votes.
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