Recent Pelosi "walk the precincts" rally with Grijalva is a scam
We have seen the Arizona Democrat Party's ad announcing ultra liberal Nancy Pelosi's recent visit to Tucson. The ad would have us believe that the purpose of this visit is a get out the vote walk and rally for Raul Grijalva.
Given the fact that Grijalva is a second term incumbent (he won by 61% to 35% in 2004 and 59% to 37% in 2002) in a decidedly Democrat district (53% Democrats to 28% Republicans), it would be hard to make a case that Grijalva's 2006 race is tightly contested. In addition, it is doubtful that the ultra left politics of Nancy Pelosi would find much sympathy among Arizona Democrats. Thus, there would seem to be little to gain from a visit by Nancy Pelosi to the 7th District.
So, why would such a busy and influential Democrat Congresswoman, who is in line to become Speaker of the House (if the Democrats can win control of Congress), waste her valuable time coming to Tucson? The answer lies in District 8.
In District 8, we have an open seat race in a district with a slight Republican advantage (43% Republican to 38% Democrat) and the polls show a close race with the momentum favoring Republican Randy Graf, who has reduced the post primary 20% advantage of Democrat Gabrielle Giffords to about 8% in a few weeks. It is clear that this is a truly competitive race.
But how could a Nancy Pelosi visit help Gabrielle Giffords? After all, the Arizona Democrats announced no "walk the precincts parade", rally or other hoopla for Nancy Pelosi on behalf of Gabrielle Giffords (and any such open display of support by Pelosi would probably harm Giffords, who is attempting to portray herself as a moderate).
Not surprisingly, there has been no mention that Pelosi and Giffords even met! The silence is deafening.
Are we to believe that Gabrielle Giffords did not meet with Nancy Pelosi on her Tucson visit? Why haven't we heard about the meeting? Why would Gabrielle Giffords want to conceal the fact that she met with Nancy Pelosi?
The short answer is that Nancy Pelosi most likely came to Tucson to talk to Gabrielle Giffords about money, a last minute flood af money to try to take the election. Campaigns are all about money and endorsements and since an endorsement from Pelosi would likely harm Giffords, a campaign money deal is most likely what the Pelosi visit boils down to.
And why would Nancy Pelosi come to Tucson to commit precious campaign money to Gabrielle Giffords' campaign, unless she was certain that Gabrielle Giffords could be counted on to support her ultra liberal agenda in the US House of Representatives?
The Democrats make a big show of Nancy Pelosi coming to Tucson, ostensibly to support Democrat incumbent Grijalva in District 7, which all the pundits claim is a lock for Grijalva, basically a worthless visit. Then the Democrats are silent about the obvious meeting that must have taken place between Pelosi and Giffords.
The scam is obvious.
Nancy Pelosi most likely came to Tucson to discuss the campaign financing needs of the Gabrielle Giffords campaign and to coordinate the necessary support for this campaign.
It seems that the more we learn about Gabrielle Giffords, the more we are lead to the conclusion that she is attempting to conceal her liberal alliances in an attempt to portray herself as a moderate.
Given the fact that Grijalva is a second term incumbent (he won by 61% to 35% in 2004 and 59% to 37% in 2002) in a decidedly Democrat district (53% Democrats to 28% Republicans), it would be hard to make a case that Grijalva's 2006 race is tightly contested. In addition, it is doubtful that the ultra left politics of Nancy Pelosi would find much sympathy among Arizona Democrats. Thus, there would seem to be little to gain from a visit by Nancy Pelosi to the 7th District.
So, why would such a busy and influential Democrat Congresswoman, who is in line to become Speaker of the House (if the Democrats can win control of Congress), waste her valuable time coming to Tucson? The answer lies in District 8.
In District 8, we have an open seat race in a district with a slight Republican advantage (43% Republican to 38% Democrat) and the polls show a close race with the momentum favoring Republican Randy Graf, who has reduced the post primary 20% advantage of Democrat Gabrielle Giffords to about 8% in a few weeks. It is clear that this is a truly competitive race.
But how could a Nancy Pelosi visit help Gabrielle Giffords? After all, the Arizona Democrats announced no "walk the precincts parade", rally or other hoopla for Nancy Pelosi on behalf of Gabrielle Giffords (and any such open display of support by Pelosi would probably harm Giffords, who is attempting to portray herself as a moderate).
Not surprisingly, there has been no mention that Pelosi and Giffords even met! The silence is deafening.
Are we to believe that Gabrielle Giffords did not meet with Nancy Pelosi on her Tucson visit? Why haven't we heard about the meeting? Why would Gabrielle Giffords want to conceal the fact that she met with Nancy Pelosi?
The short answer is that Nancy Pelosi most likely came to Tucson to talk to Gabrielle Giffords about money, a last minute flood af money to try to take the election. Campaigns are all about money and endorsements and since an endorsement from Pelosi would likely harm Giffords, a campaign money deal is most likely what the Pelosi visit boils down to.
And why would Nancy Pelosi come to Tucson to commit precious campaign money to Gabrielle Giffords' campaign, unless she was certain that Gabrielle Giffords could be counted on to support her ultra liberal agenda in the US House of Representatives?
The Democrats make a big show of Nancy Pelosi coming to Tucson, ostensibly to support Democrat incumbent Grijalva in District 7, which all the pundits claim is a lock for Grijalva, basically a worthless visit. Then the Democrats are silent about the obvious meeting that must have taken place between Pelosi and Giffords.
The scam is obvious.
Nancy Pelosi most likely came to Tucson to discuss the campaign financing needs of the Gabrielle Giffords campaign and to coordinate the necessary support for this campaign.
It seems that the more we learn about Gabrielle Giffords, the more we are lead to the conclusion that she is attempting to conceal her liberal alliances in an attempt to portray herself as a moderate.
posted by Marco Alatorre | 12:53 AM
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