To: 185JHP; Jim Robinson; Doug Fiedor; forest
"The base plus enough of the middle to get a plurality - easy say, somewhat harder do...
Depends on what the meaning of "middle" is. By even using the phrase, you're buying-into the notion that the turned-off non-voters are someplace between Davis and Simon. As the article suggests, Simon's terrific primary performance against a backdrop of electoral malaise suggests that there are a lot of folks who would agree with (and vote for) Simon if the press would focus fairly on the issues and the candidates' stances. California is still the state of Reagan and Proposition 13 (and 187, for that matter-- and home of Free Republic too!). It is not the monolithic leftist encampment the LA Times and SF Chronicle would have us believe.
Go Bill Go!
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast; Jim Robinson; forest
Okay, the Goal is identified. Many California citizens want Simon to win. That's step one.
Next step: Who is leading the charge to get people involved? Are any citizen's groups involved in insuring voters get out and actually vote for Simon?
Many of us hope Simon beats Davis badly. But, most of us do not count -- we are not there and cannot vote. Therefore, what we are hoping to see is a grassroots movement get active with letters to the editor, op-eds and other publications to inform their friends and neighbors about Simon.
Where's the action ?
It's time, you know. It's now or never. . . . .
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
If you posit that 30% were reliable "R" voters, and 30% were reliable "D" voters, than Reagan's accomplishment was slicing off 30% of the middle 40%. IMO the Reagan landslide had to do with two things: credible and obvious personal decency, and having a great act to campaign against - the hapless, feckless (and at the same time mean and petty) Jimmah. That said - are there a lot more bums, deviates, moochers and spongers for the "Ds" to woo than there were in the 70s/80s?
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10/07/2002 3:37:49 PM PDT by
185JHP
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