The latest Field Poll results show Governor GrabAss with a 10 point lead over Phil Angelides (44% to 34%). Not the numbers we all would like to see in what is widely considered a Blue State. I am not sure what Mr. Angelides has been doing since he won the primary, but it has not been raising his visibility with the voters.
What I want to use this diary for is to take all of activists to task for not helping Phil Angelides out. Why are we all sitting our on collective hands and not helping out Phil? Do we want another four years of Governor GrabAss? Why are we not trying to create some positive energy for Phil Angelides in our own echo chamber?
We all wish Phil Angelides did more over the summer to frame the debate against Governor GrabAss, but it did not happen. We all wish Phil Angelides called us up (or wrote comments on our blog) and asked for OUR advice on how to win California. We all wish Phil Angelides was more sexy, less in bed with the developers, more [FILL IN THE BLANK], but he is not.
Listen people, the past is history. Whining, carping and complaining about what a languid, disorganized and lifeless campaign Phil Angelides may or may not have is not going to vitalize it, organize it or energize it. We - the people-powered movement everyone on this site holds so dear - are the only way to energize the Phil Angelides campaign and kick Arnold out of office. This constant complaining is only contributing to the meme/frame that Governor GrabAss is going to win. Wake up, poeple, this is a Blue State. This is a state the does not like Bush and does not like Governor GrabAss. Arnold is a pretending to this office winning on his celebrity alone in a fake election. This is the state that handed Arnold his ass on a plate in November of 2005. We did that by forming coaltions with our friends the nurses, the labor unions and the teachers. All us put in a lot of hard work knocking on doors and talking to people to defeat EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PROPOSITIONS.
Governor GrabAss is NOT going to win.
Governor GrabAss is an incumbent governor that is at under 50% in the polls six weeks out before the election. For every other election, the owner of this site practically screams victory when an incumbent under 50%, but not this race. Why? I don't know. You would think he would be more interested in a race that had profound national implications. Why don't we ask this site's owner why he wants Governor GrabAss to win?
Phil Angelides has only 34% in the polls and is not well known in the state. Whose fault is that? Mostly Phil Angelides. I cannot answer why he has not been more visible, but us Internet activists share some of the blame for why Phil Angelides is not well known in California, too. We do not talk up Phil Angelides or say anything positive about his ideas. All I hear is bitching about how his events are not publicized, under attended, lame and every other whining complaint, but never an offer to help or a positive suggestion for improvement.
We need to get off our asses, step away from the computers and get to work. Volunteer some time and/or donate some moeny.
http://www.angelides.com/