Herndon elections are non-partisan, so no party labels apply.
The pro-illegal people who were thrown out were all well known liberals. One of their candidates was a token Hispanic (legal) who they thought would bring in a big block of Hispanic votes. He finished dead last in an election were the top six vote-getters are elected.
The losers, who were supported by the Washington Post and all the local papers and with $$$ from La Raza and outside Hispanic pro-illegal groups like Casa de Maryland made the ridiculous claim that the winners, political novices, with big majorities, were the tools of outside interests!!
With this logic (it's not our message, but evil money men and outside interests that caused our defeat) these losers are qualified to be good Democrats.
outside interests, eh??? They must have forgotten...It's not the outside interests that pull the lever in the voting booth...
And any outside interest involvment would be referring to the general public of the United States...That's the outside interest...
No, the Herndon activists were definately not outsiders and deserve HUGE credit for what they accomplished. The only caveat I have is that turnout was light and I think the incumbents were complacent and did not take the Herndon Minutemen seriously. It won't be so easy to fly under the pro-illegal radar screen next time.
That's what happened in Gaithersburg last night. Our numbers and organization took them by surprise at the last City Council meeting, but now Casa de Maryland and other pro-illegal groups know we're out there and aren't to be taken lightly. So they bussed in dozens of day laborers with carefully rehearsed sob stories, brought translators, and grabbed all the seats at least an hour before the meeting started.