Thanks cripplecreek.
Posted on 08/08/2013 3:58:26 AM PDT by cripplecreek
“I’m proud of Detroit.”
On the other end of the line was Sen. Tupac Hunter (D-Detroit), who is a member of the Mike Duggan inner circle. He was calling to remind everyone of what the senator said last week in the midst of a media story line that somehow his candidate for Mayor of Detroit could not win an uphill write-in campaign.
So much for that story line.
“You said you would save that tape,” he chuckled as he basked in a very impressive victory for his guy for mayor. Mr. Duggan defied the experts and finished fir - not second - in a contest that sends a lot of messages. And Sen. Hunter thinks all of them are good.
“Detroiters are intelligent. Detroiters can spell…I’m not cynical enough to think that this is going to be this huge disaster because somehow Detroiters just can’t get it,” was the sound bite from last week.
Detroiters did get it. They want change and the rest of the state should be listening.
On the premise that a predominately African-American city would never vote for a white person, Mr. Hunter says the results speak for themselves.
But how did this “uphill” climb turn into a walk in the park?
Answer: Sandwich boards.
While there were a ton of factors that contributed to this incredible win, the sandwich board decision was critical.
With last-minute candidate Mike Dugeon also in the race, the Duggan campaign moved to reduce the potential confusion between the two.
In addition to a strong media ad campaign, on Election day volunteers went to each polling place knowing there would not be enough time to verbally engage each voter as they rushed in and out to vote.
“Put it in writing,” the senator reveals was the move they made. Sandwich boards with the instructions on how to write in the Duggan name were used and it worked. “Ninety percent got the name right,” Mr. Hunter reports and as for the Dugeon candidacy, he got an unofficial 17 votes.
So much for voter confusion.
Now the contest is down to Benny Napoleon, who finished second and whose name was on the ballot, against the write-in guy who wrote a little bit of political history election night. And they said it couldn’t be done.
Mr. Duggan’s name will be on the November ballot so a write-in is not necessary, but for good luck they may drag out the sandwich boards again.
Actually I’m one of the about 1% of FReepers who actually think Detroit presents a great opportunity for conservatism.
In a city where GOP chances rest somewhere on the none side of slim to none, this Duggan guy sounds pretty good. He’s got some of the right people behind him. It took 50 years to destroy Detroit so it certainly won’t be rebuilt overnight.
OMG! I remember Bill Bonds. The Captain Kirk of channel seven news. His ego was legendary.
I do not even know if he is still alive but he was a real HAM at Channel 7, ABC.
There were others but he was the worst, I think.
There are some lessons to be learned, but frankly I'd vote Napoleon before Duggan.
I’d have to disagree with that. This guy is as corrupt as Kwame and comes from the same machine.
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