“Party strategists also fault her campaign for disregarding advice from Washington and spending virtually all of its war chest on the November election, in hopes of avoiding a runoff.”
Given the precarious nature of her re-election chances, I don’t think this was the worst strategy for her. I think that she knew (along with her local campaign staff) that if she didn’t win out-right in the primary, that she’d be dead meat in the run-off.
Of course, she was counting on a lot of outside money coming in after the primary. But once the big givers and PAC’s saw the results, they saw her as Dead Woman Walking.
But let’s say for the sake of argument that she still held money in reserve for the run-off. I don;t think it’ll change the final outcome this Saturday.
In Louisiana, reliable Democrat voters have been trained for generations to vote only when paid. “Vote-hauling,” “canvassing,” “walking around money,” are but some of the euphemisms for the practice.
Another tried and true practice is plumping up the offering plate in the black churches.
But when the money ain’t there, then the votes evaporate. And Mary’s campaign is flat-ass broke.
That is what is going on.