TX-28: Cuellar's campaign thinks you are a "special interest"

This is what Cuellar's merry band of pretend Democrats think of you:

"Ciro and his special interest friends have arrived at the 11th hour and we think there will be a strong voter backlash to their vitriol," said Colin Strother, the general consultant to Cuellar's campaign.

That, my friends, is desperation of an operation that as of Feb 15, had less cash on hand than Ciro Rodriguez.

Cuellar reported raising $319,000 in the first six weeks of the year -- in large part because of a slew of contributions from supporters of the Club for Growth, an organization that promotes fiscal restraint and tax cuts. Cuellar has $208,000 left to spend [...]

The reports show that Rodriguez is having some late success in attracting new donors. Rodriguez reported raising $272,000 between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15, which was more than he had previously raised in all of 2005. He had $257,000 left to spend.

Cuellar's camp didn't think Rodriguez would be able to raise the funds necessary to compete in this primary, but this "one day story" has turned things completely around. All thanks to thousands of special interests regular people interested in taking back our democracy from Republicans and their Democratic enablers.

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p.s. Other good news in that story -- Lampson is outraising DeLay. Here's a diary on the topic.

Update: DavidNYC digs up a choice quote from the Cuellar camp, circa February 9th:

Strother, Cuellar’s campaign spokesman, does not expect Rodriguez to bring in the funds he would need to legitimately compete in the waning days of the race....

Oops.