Slog - Comments on All Eyes on CA-50, Part 2 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/all_eyes_on_ca5_1 Yesterday's special election in California to replace jailed Republican Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham was seen as a potential bellwether for the upcoming midterm elections in November. If Democrat Francine Busby could get more than 50 percent of the vote in this red district, the thinking went, Republicans would really be in trouble this fall. Well, Busby didn't get 50 percent. Turnout was "abysmal," according to DailyKos, and she only got 44 percent. Now, because no candidate, Republican or Democrat, got over 50 percent, the race goes into a runoff election to be held in June. Kos has pessimistic analysis here... Copyright 2007 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 12:19:16 -0800 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:53:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by maggie I read your book review about the future of the democratic party and found it confusing. First, you state that in order for the democrats to win elections, they need to stop keeping single issue advocacy groups such as NARAL as part of their inner circle when it means that they'll lose the election based on the issue. Then you go on to claim that the reason democrats lose votes is that they don't stand for anything and there is too much disagreement within their party on where they stand. These two statements seem to be in direct opposition to each other, as surely supporting NARAL regardless of the state you are running in shows that you stand for something and don't pander to voters, and I wish you would have explained the point you were trying to make, as it did not seem to make sense in the context of the rest of your article.

]]> maggie http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/all_eyes_on_ca5_1#c092576 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/all_eyes_on_ca5_1#c092576 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:18:39 -0800 Comment by Catalina Vel-DuRay When you consider there were 14 candidates (or something like that) the low turnout and low numbers doesn't seem that bad.

]]> Catalina Vel-DuRay http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/all_eyes_on_ca5_1#c092903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/all_eyes_on_ca5_1#c092903 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 16:24:03 -0800 Comment by Urba Get real - 44 percent is excellent in a dogpile run off......

Now the contest if real for voters... let the true campaign begin.

But remember, this is R. territory. Up hill - got to be somewhat focused on the slim chance of turning this district
R -- if Jesus was running.

]]> Urba http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/all_eyes_on_ca5_1#c093275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/04/all_eyes_on_ca5_1#c093275 Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:53:35 -0800