I think one thing that hurt Shane's numbers were Trish's 107 votes. Many of Trish's supporters who have voted --- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious about people's explanations for the > astoundingly poor showing by > Shane Price last night...the representative of > Minneapolis's "second party" > (the Greens) received about half the vote of the > endorsed Republican for an > open seat. > > I am no expert on the 3rd ward, but a couple of > guesses pop to mind: > > 1. Shane was a great repository for a protest vote > in 2001, but when the > protest source (Biernat) was gone, so was the > candidacy. Interestingly, > three DFLers finished ahead of Shane - proving that > the DFL "brand" is not > poison in the city...as long as DFL alternatives > emerge to > incumbents/endorsees (think Rybak over Sayles > Belton). > > Side note: I understand Don Samuels received a > letter from the city party > telling him to desist in using the term > "Democratic-Farmer-Labor candidate" > on his literature. Personally, I think the only > thing that would have been > objectionable is if he'd called himself the DFL > "endorsee" (which Olin Moore > won fair and square). Such pressure is > short-sighted: if Samuels wins, the > party will need him more than the other way around. > He becomes a strong > possibility as the party's standard-bearer in '05 > against Natalie Johnson > Lee (since Samuels lives in the new 5th Ward). > > Disclaimer: I'm not predicting a Samuels win, this > year or in '05. But the > above is a scenario that sure could happen. > > 2. Shane simply didn't have the campaign that > Samuels (or Olin) did. The > Samuels campaign brain trust had several veterans of > the Rybak campaign, or > Rybak's supporters. I think the inside story of the > night was their use of > absentee ballots - heretofore a tactic perfected by > state and national > Republicans. I heard that the Samuels campaign > submitted 175 absentee > ballots out of 183 cast....and roughly half of his > 363-vote primary total. > Nothing illegal about it, and smart as heck for a > Dec. 30 race. Getting > residents to fill out absentee ballots DURING > doorknocking may be the wave > of the future - it IS perfectly legal - and that was > much more than Samuels' > margin over Margo and Valdis. > > Disclaimer to wave of the future: it's probably > easier to get residents to > fill out an absentee ballot at the door when there's > only one race on the > ballot. > > Other explanations welcome and encouraged. > > David Brauer > King Field > 10th ward today, 8th ward down the road > > _______________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
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