Many on the lefty blogosphere have trumpeted the “netroots” – the use of blogs and web-based activism to push our side over the Repukes. Rodriguez-Cuellar provides a little reality check.
In point of fact, raising money from the netroots is important but very limited. Money makes the world go ’round, but on-the-ground activism gets out the vote.
- Did Rodriguez change his operation from 2004 to improve his ground game?
- Did the changes he made do any good? He appears to have lost by the same amount
- Why was Morales in the race?
We, the lefty blog subscribers, are getting hit every day for contributions, by email, telephone and letter. Are we getting our money’s worth?
has he lost? I thought it was looking like a run-off.
Last I heard, 100 % of the returns were in with Cueller at 53 %.
thanks.
I didn’t enter into that fight, but I am still disappointed.
I did not really know either candidate well. I am very interested in the DINO issue, however. Take Melissa Bean – please – in IL-08, who got rid of Phil Crane in ’04, and proceeded to vote exactly like he would after getting rid of him. I would like a somewht more centrist Dem there, but I don’t see that happening.
No run off, but I can tell you there is some funny business going on. For one, this from the Houston Chronicle:
Software problems???
And this which I did independently from the SoS
Bexar Early Voting
On 2/21/2006 In Person – votes = 1,147
On 2/22/2006 In Person – votes = 1,447
On 2/23/2006 In Person – votes = 1,251
On 2/24/2006 In Person – votes = 1,316
On 2/25/2006 In Person – votes = 1,234
On 2/26/2006 In Person – votes = 519 <——
On 2/27/2006 In Person – votes = 1,462
On 2/28/2006 In Person – votes = 1,553
On 3/01/2006 In Person – votes = 1,703
On 3/02/2006 In Person – votes = 1,733
On 3/03/2006 In Person – votes = 1,755
Granted that the 26th is a Sunday, but that is a big drop when the voting pattern clearly shows a daily increase in voting.
chuco35 on Kos wrote that in Webb County, the early vote totals were 2.5% below the early votes cast in the last cycle. And Ciro lost, something stinks and it goes straight to that funny software.