A few odds and ends

How about that pep rally last night?  I bet more Ds watched than Rs.  They love to be mad.  

Fundraising numbers are in for the only race that really matters. (Be honest, do you really care about the judicial races?)  The numbers don't really matter.  The side that raised more will always say it's a clear indication that they are better.  The side that raised less will always say it's a clear indication that the other guy is bought and paid for by special interests.  It's a never ending back and forth that is meaningless. The only people who win are "campaign consultants" and those who sell advertising (in its many forms - be it TV, mail, radio etc...). 

The outside money is what you should be looking out for.  Super Pacs and what not.  They will use that money for more significant campaign related actions than the candidate themselves will.  They're just better at it. 

As for Beto's big haul - awesome. I like to hear good, positive feedback on a guy from El Paso.  However, Cruz hasn't even started fundraising yet.  Candidates like him are considered very safe and the party asks the safe ones to hold off on sucking all the air (money) out of the room so that the guys with closer races may have some.  An indication on how worried Cruz is, would be for him to start hitting the fundraising trail hard. 

Remember, there was an 800,000 voter split during the last presidential election and Democrats turned out in numbers.  Turnout for the last non presidential year senate election was just over 4. 6 million and Cornyn won by more than a million votes.  You have to have a major swing for Beto to really have a shot. Democrats only made up 200,000 votes when turnout increased to around 8 million voters for the presidential election.  

Anywho... Veronica has it in the bag. She was anointed and her crowning shall be a glorious affair.  This is not an election, but a coronation with some pesky hecklers throwing fruit and what not during the more formal parts of the program. 

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So, I hear that the forum where my buddy Jaime was picked by lottery to ask Dori a question about Jews was yet another case of the insiders screwing over the outsiders - a la Barry Sanders.   Apparently all of Vero's people knew there was this lottery to ask a question and showed up extra early to gobble up all the lottery tickets.  By the time other candidates and their entourages showed up... there were no lottery tickets left (shocker!).  Dori was going to be bashed for being Jewish no matter whose name was called because all of Vero's people had the tickets and the Jew question ready to go.  

I reached out to a guy who was there.  He confirmed that the "lesser candidates" (his words) weren't aware of this little game, but Vero's people were.  He said it didn't matter because there wasn't a single undecided voter in the room.  I argued that it did matter in the grand scheme of things because El Paso's next member of congress appears to have problem with Jews and this little stunt proved it.  It's bad because there are Jewish people in the House of Representatives that one must work with in order to properly represent their own district.  This is not the way to open doors with colleagues in the lower house.  

Dori's people better get better at learning how the game works within the El Paso Democratic Mafia.  

My source did tell me that running around the local Democratic factions is kind of like an episode of the popular Showtime series Ray Donovan.  I watch the show and it's a quite interesting remark if you know much about the plot.  

Comments

[Max Powers]

So is Jaime Abeytia working for Hamas now?

Love,

Max

[No Mas]

Escobar, Byrd are as guilty as Meow factor. When they stay silent about the ant-Semitic comments they are encouraging or at least condoning.

Everytime Escobar starts losing ground, the anti-Semitic attacks begin.

[Carlos Carmona]

ANY Time there is a question about Dori, or how she is losing, then it turns into a "Poor Me" for Dori. Or, "Lets play the victim card-because I'm a Jew" train of thought.

I do what I want and am not beholden to Veronica. People are trying to paint Veronica as a Racist anti-Semite because Dori is her opponent. Her supporters have nothing better else to use. Dori's track record is VERY limited and does not speak well.

I could not find anywhere where Dori is practicing Law or is a licensed attorney. She claimed she is. Dori's term as President of the El Paso I School Board ended with her quitting early.

She was supposed to supervise Juan Cabrera for the bid of GAFCON and it was specced out by GAFCON itself. Then, she ups and quits early.

El Pasoan's are now paying on average $200 more per home property because of the Bond.

Get a grip on reality and quit hiding behind the Anti Semitic card you are playing. Admit that Dori is a Lifelong Republican and her husband has contributed mightily to Ted Cruz's campaign.

INstead, you hide behind the "Dori is a Jew, therefore all of her opponents are Anti-Semitic" statement.

No, her inexperience and her lifelong voting pattern are there for everyone to see.

[VERY tired of Vero]

Carlos: I will take Dori every day over Escobar. Escobar brought us the bankrupt Childrens Hospital and totally failed to take control of the situation despite months and months of warnings. Taxpayers will be stuck with this forever. We did not need a Children's Hospital. And we did not need the over-priced regional clinics. We also did not need to give the County Judge a raise. And I hope many voters noticed and objected to her efforts to control the city. Her efforts to gain national attention through her well publilcized media events for issues that are not local (not within her perview) are legend. I don't trust her. She's a media hog and will do nothing in DC except grandstand. She's not smart enough to do anything except follow the party line.
I don't care if Dori doesn't practice law. I don't care if her husband donates to Cruz. I don't even care that Escobar's husband deports Mexicans here illegally.

[Peoples choice in Juarez]

Dori does not hide behind her religion. It's the meow factor that continuously uses the anti-Semitic attacks at the behest of Escobar. Why does it matter about her religion?

You ignored that Escobar developed a list of contributors that matched Dori's. You ignored that Escobar considered fair game to attack Dori because of her spouses financial contributions to Republicans. However she blew a gasket when it was mentioned that her spouse is a Republican appointee. She then took a quote from her role model "what difference does it make ? ! " You ignored that Escobar considered it racist to jail immigrants. Then decided that jailing was "good" for them! Why the change ? They are a cash crop for Escobar. You ignored that Escobar felt the need to announce to the nation, during senate hearings, that she is a "county judge". As if that meant something to the nation. You ignore that Escobar decided to join in a lawsuit for Sancturary cities when she proclaims El Paso is not a Sancturary city. Although she always represents the interests of Juarez to the point she is the darling of the Mexican government.

I agree her record is there for all to see which is why we will not vote for her !

[Thomas]

David or should we say Boris?
Colluding with the Russians to subvert the Democratic progressive election in El Paso against Vero. David,we meant Boris, hear Vero is paying for a dossier about you to use against you to discredit your Blog and family. Word is they have gone as far to look at your genealogy and there are clear ancestral ties to Russian like ten, maybe fifteen generations back! Boris,we mean David, are you a Russian operative? We know for a fact you once said Hello to a Russian!
LOL!

[Carlos Carmona]

"peoples' choice." I don't care about Dori's religion. It just seems that David K uses it as an excuse as one being anti-semitic anytime there is anything written against her. Especially from Veronica Escobar.

Not all Negative feelings about Dori are anti-semitic. Well, only around 6 weeks left and we will find out.

[Jaime Jung & Mex Hillary]

I read the antisemetic comments on another blog. Religion was the topic for about 2 weeks. Very blatant comments with the blogger denying the comments. Once Escobar started to feel the heat the comments stopped.

The comments just restarted because she is realizing that her record and lies are haunting her.

Religion should never be raised as. a topic. Remember the questions and doubt that developed because JFK was catholic. Recently we had the question of Mormonism that caused a candidate his standing. Then we have people questioning Obama's religion. It's a different discussion but why des a person's religion instead of qualifications be the topic?

Because it's dirty politics that's why. The meow factor is well known for that. He sees himself as a political genius. Truth is the only politics he knows is dirty. Worse is the people that pay him for the privilege of wallowing in the mud with him.. They hire him, use him to do the dirty jobs then thoss aside like a 2 dollar hooker. But, he prances around like he is someone.

Anyone that associates with him doesn't deserve any office that demands trust. We can't trust him and we can't trust Escobar. They're conjoined by the mouth.