Hello? Dwight Petz? What's the deal???

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"Proof" includes circumstial evidence. Here there are a few large lump sum contributions to the state GOP right before the State GOP gave about $80K to Satterburg.

If this is OK, we have no campaign donation limits and the whole system is busted.

You don't have to have a smoking gun to file a complaint or to prove something; lots of murder cases are proven with circumstantial evidence.

The State Dems are weenies because they are not crying to high heaven about this.

My question is whether it's just another example of poor strategy on their part, or whether there's so much of a divide within the party that it's leading to this inertia.

That said, the active betrayal of Bill Sherman by Dem electeds is not a slight that will go unnoticed when they ask for favors for their friends.

the betrayal of Bill by the Dems is a clear sign they recognize that Dan is the more qualified candidate for this position.

Bill's a good guy, but he's in over his head running for this one. He should have run for the 43rd again, or something intermediate like that. Most of us Dems would have backed him then. Maybe even Gregoire and Sims....

Really makes you think there is no party there to want to be the party in power, just a lot of Lieberdems and isolated individuals wringing their hands hoping no one will be mean to them. Damn, the Democrats sure know how to lose.

I vow to try to do more next time.

If you (we) want to do more next time- find a candidate who has more than a D by his name as his qualifications. In this race, Bill is flat out on the practice squad.

You overlook a couple of HUGE things.

1) The state party has the entire state house, the senate majority and a governor's race on the ballot next year. THe Gov race alone is expected to run $14million on the dem side. Every dollar Dwight puts in Sherman's race, is money that cannot be spent protecting the democratic majorities and keeping Dino out of the gov mansion. Sorry -- but the House, Senate and Gov mansion are a hell of a lot more important than the KC Prosecutor (particularly when Satterberg is anything but a scary partisan).

2) $30k is a huge amount for a state party to spend in a local race, particularly on an untested candidate.

3) I love the GOPites using up big asks now for this race -- makes the asks for 2008 harder. Can only go to the well so many times. And you have admitted that Satterberg is a decent and honest guy, that will not be a flaming R. SO I hope he bleeds them for even more. Better use it there than save it for Dino and his fellow dinosaur troglodytes. Another vote on the canvassing board ain't a good enough trade for Chopp, Brown and Gregoire.

4) One reason the state dems cannot do more is because so many prominent dems and givers -- like Peter Goldman and Jon Bridge -- don't support Sherman.

The connect this year to next is very flawed, and every little thing this year does not impact next.

Some people here have an exaggerated sense of political wisdom. Too much not-functional chit chat at the office.

The gush of money in the Gregoire vs. Rossi duel to the death will be two sided, get ready.

Many Dems. - out in the field types - in the last two months reconsidered why they should vote for a Republican, any Republican. That is Dan's problem, I have know him for years and like him.

Dan in OK, but I voted for Sherman.

As some one said here a few days ago, Satterberg should have changed parties. His victory would have been assured.

Are you a Democratic party loyalist who thinks Dan Satterburg is the devil? Just wait for the next Republican candidate.

And speaking of, do you really want an unqualified, but popular Dem as prosecutor (i.e., Bob "I Forgot to Renew My Bar Card" Ferguson)?

Nope...this partisan bullshit (on *both* sides judging from the campaign literature I've received from Bill) is the reason why many prosectors' offices in other jurisdictions are ripe for corruption. Does anyone remember KC during the 70s? For that matter, does the name "Gonazales" ring a bell?

I really hope everyone who is treating this race like a game (i.e., "a chance to re-take the KC Prosecutor’s Office for the first time in 50 plus years") has the opportunity to interface with the criminal justice system *after* we've collectively fucked it up.