http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sethinca/2006/06/08/ca-26-an-election-day-mystery/ Computer science and California 26 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:28:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sethinca/2006/06/08/ca-26-an-election-day-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Seth in CA (for the summer) » A SethInCA Project: Help engage Cynthia Rodriguez Matthews with the Netroots Tue, 20 Jun 2006 03:58:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sethinca/2006/06/08/ca-26-an-election-day-mystery/#comment-39 [...] I’ve speculated (dirty tricks?) about the reasons for Warner’s disappointing defeat, but the bottom line is that Matthews is the nominee this year. And if ever there was a year for a turning of the tide in Congress, this is that year. Even if she can’t quite win in this Republican district (46% R to 35% D), she’s still fighting the good fight, not to mention forcing Dreier to spend money defending his seat. Or at least, that’s the hope. In 2004 she came closer than any other challenger in California in her race to unseat closeted Republican David Dreier (54-42). She and two radio hosts gave Dreier hell on immigration, and during the campaign she publicly “came out” and challenged Dreier to do the same. Print media ignored the story, but it got some play on the radio and the web. [...] [...] I’ve speculated (dirty tricks?) about the reasons for Warner’s disappointing defeat, but the bottom line is that Matthews is the nominee this year. And if ever there was a year for a turning of the tide in Congress, this is that year. Even if she can’t quite win in this Republican district (46% R to 35% D), she’s still fighting the good fight, not to mention forcing Dreier to spend money defending his seat. Or at least, that’s the hope. In 2004 she came closer than any other challenger in California in her race to unseat closeted Republican David Dreier (54-42). She and two radio hosts gave Dreier hell on immigration, and during the campaign she publicly “came out” and challenged Dreier to do the same. Print media ignored the story, but it got some play on the radio and the web. [...]

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sethinca/2006/06/08/ca-26-an-election-day-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Seth in CA (for the summer) » $40k Push Poll? Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:44:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sethinca/2006/06/08/ca-26-an-election-day-mystery/#comment-25 [...] $40k Push Poll? Filed under: Russ Warner, David Dreier, CA-26, ethics reform — Seth Flaxman @ 8:44 am So far, this is the most intriguing of answers to my question about how the Warner campaign lost it. I wonder where I can get another source on this (from the comments on my MyDD diary): Wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t heard it myself, but Wes Clark - here in Vegas for the YearlyKos - claimed that Dreier put $40K into a last minute push poll to eliminate Warner [...] [...] $40k Push Poll? Filed under: Russ Warner, David Dreier, CA-26, ethics reform — Seth Flaxman @ 8:44 am So far, this is the most intriguing of answers to my question about how the Warner campaign lost it. I wonder where I can get another source on this (from the comments on my MyDD diary): Wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t heard it myself, but Wes Clark – here in Vegas for the YearlyKos – claimed that Dreier put $40K into a last minute push poll to eliminate Warner [...]

]]> http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sethinca/2006/06/08/ca-26-an-election-day-mystery/comment-page-1/#comment-24 John Fri, 09 Jun 2006 04:23:42 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/sethinca/2006/06/08/ca-26-an-election-day-mystery/#comment-24 This upset caught me way off guard as well. Dreier's corruption has to end. This upset caught me way off guard as well. Dreier’s corruption has to end.

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