I think we have to describe this as a disappointing result for the netroots. I haven't read anywhere whether the removal of Morales will help or hinder Ciro since he is almost twice the margin of victory. Can someone help me out?
I think the post mortem, minus any kind of discussions of fraud in Webb county, will point to what we already know. It is all about the ground game. Ciro voters simply did not come out at the rate they needed to in order to win. I am beginning to think that there is something fundamentally wrong with Democratic GOTV programs. In close election after close election, we lose when we should have won. We consistently underperform the pools, or so it seems to me. I think rather than get into big establishment vs netroots battles, we should at least be talking about this phenomena as well.
Also, what's the point of an open primary? If the point of the primary is for a party to select a candidate, what is the point of letting people who aren't registered with the party vote for the candidates?
UPDATE: No runoff. Ciro got trounced.
More likely it was turned off. Useless of course.
Posted by: prairie houseplans | December 21, 2011 at 08:56 AM