Wednesday, February 1st, 2006...5:24 pm
Bacal Throws in the Towel
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Eva Bacal has dropped out of the CD 8 race and has thrown her support to Gabrielle Giffords. I guess the frequent complaints about her not updating her website are moot.
Many of Bacal’s supporters from her last campaign were already on board with Giffords, but it can’t hurt to have her support.
This still leaves the race with enough candidates to play a basketball game, complete with a couple of subs.
Who is that one pro-Bacal poster on here? Which way are you going now?
14 Comments
February 1st, 2006 at 8:12 pm
Speaking of baseball, maybe the Democratic candidates could play the Republican candidates.
Charge admission and use it as a fundraiser. Pass the signature petitions through the bleachers.
February 2nd, 2006 at 11:41 am
The quote about not watching the State of the Union address was telling. To be a successful contender, you’ve got to have hope that things can change.
February 2nd, 2006 at 2:28 pm
Does this mean that Martin will take off his Eva bumper sticker?
February 2nd, 2006 at 10:07 pm
So I went to the Democracy for America event last night. Very entertaining. I thought it was interesting that Patty Weiss ended her part by going negative against former Senator Giffords. She mentioned something about sending a career politician to Washington and implied that she was corrupt. I have never heard anyone accuse Giffords of being corrupt until last night. As far as I know she has been an honest and capable public servant. Sending a hardworking, experienced and smart candidate to DC is what this town should do. Reading from the teleprompter is not experience to be effective in congress.
February 3rd, 2006 at 12:12 am
It is totally fair to bring up the concern that many citizens have of “career politicians”. A career politician’s main concern is getting elected [and re-elected].
Which leads me to this question:
Did you notice the nuanced change in Giffords’ Iraq stance from what she said at the Patagonia forum several weeks ago? It seems to me that she has seen the writing on the wall re how a lot of Democrats feel about the Iraq War and is responding by nuancing her position accordingly. This makes me wonder what her real stance is on Iraq–you can’t find it on her website.
Re the nasty teleprompter remark–Nina Trasoff also was a television anchor, who later went into public relations, along with performing much community service along the way. I have great faith in her integrity, intelligence, and know that she will be a VERY good City Councilwoman. So why not give Patty Weiss the benefit of the doubt for now until you know otherwise?
February 3rd, 2006 at 5:12 am
To anonymous pima. I don’t want to give Patty Weiss the benefit of the doubt because the work of government is serious business. We have big problems in this country and I don’t see anything in her background that would leave me to think that she would be effective. We have the opportunity to elect a democrat that will get things done - Giffords.
February 3rd, 2006 at 8:51 am
Weiss is in a position where she has to attack Giffords to get loyal Democrat voters on her side. Giffords is the front runner, with more money and overall support. Weiss has to do something to get on the radar of the primary voters.
The problem is that this can backfire. Usually attacking raises name recognition of the relatively unknown challenger to the front runner. Weiss is already well known, so she might make herself look less “Congressional” AND worse she may simply raise Giffords name rec. with voters outside the party. Attacking Giffords gives her MORE credibility.
Theories…theories…just theories.
February 3rd, 2006 at 9:50 am
I wonder about Giffords, too. She has now flip flopped, but so has Weiss. She to had a different opinion at Patagonia. The two candidates that have credibility on this matter, Latas and A-rod, both have stuck to their guns about leaving and now the rest of the pack follows. Who are the real leaders? I haven’t seen any independent polls on who the front runner is. I dare say, you all are underestimating some off the others working behind the senses. I predict a “Fall Surprise.”
February 3rd, 2006 at 10:10 am
re: Patty Weiss goes negative.
This bears the indellible mark of Frank Costanzo.
Pima County Chair Paul Eckerstrom has indicated that the party will punish candidates for going negative in the primary in this race. It will be interesting to see if he makes good on the threat.
February 3rd, 2006 at 5:32 pm
Calling Giffords a career politician isn’t negative, it’s the truth. Too bad if that brings some baggage now. By the way, she never did do clean elctions; always a traditionalist/not clean. Something fishy about that.
February 3rd, 2006 at 10:09 pm
Well…if that is the standard…NONE of the Democratic candidates have taken clean elections money, have they?
February 4th, 2006 at 1:40 am
No one is saying that this is “the [one] standard” to judge a Democratic candidate. You exaggerate. It is one of many standards.
However, the Democrats regularly chewed into Dunbar and Ronstadt during the recent City Council campaign for not running “clean”, that is, for not using the publicly-financed system.
When a Democrat has chosen in the past to NOT use this system, one might infer that that Democrat does not support that system. Also, if this Democrat has not shown support for this publicly-financed system at the local level, how strong is this Democrat’s foot going to be for standing up in Congress for clean elections/campaign finance reform???
February 4th, 2006 at 11:17 pm
Ted,
I think there would be many in the federal system that would go clean given the opportunity. I just think anyone that hasn’t is more tempted to coruption. I’m not saying Gabby is corupt, just something that concerns me. I agree with the post above, it’s the principle that is in question.
February 7th, 2006 at 9:24 am
Sorry I did not get online sooner after Eva dropped out, but after spending a week going over the other candidates and their respective strengths and weaknesses, I’ve decided I’m going to support Patty now. She looks to have the best chance of beating whoever the Republicans nominate (whether it be a Mike Hellon or a Randy Graf-type). She has such a huge lead in the polls, especially now that my Eva has dropped out, and her positives throughout the congressional district among just regular folk I talk to is unmatched by any politician. Even though Eva is supporting her, I think the only way that Gabby wins is by going negative to try to bring Patty back to her polling levels and I hope she does not do that for the sake of the party and for our chance to finally get the seat back.