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I won't LOL!!! The word Simon still evokes spasms in me. That entire campaign post-primary was just one awful nightmare... whether it be the relentless bad press about scandals that were manufactured or the inner-office squabbles, or the candidate trying to navigate the waters his first time and being capsize every few days. It was just yucky and it still gives me the chills.

The worst move in the campaign was that Simon virtually disappeared for three months after the primary, dumping all the momentum he had. That time should have been used to organize GOTV and get the base excited. Instead, all I heard from the campaign was, "Wait for June," then it was, "Wait 'til September." What a joke that was.

This wasn't a matter of money. Grass roots work is cheap. It was bad management by consultants who make their money from media buys, forgetting that they can't charge as much if they don't win. The whole thing made me sick long before the election. The machinations of Gerry Parsky et al. (and their representatives here on FR) only made it worse.