[Cross Posted at Steve Young - Ca 48th]
Steve has been on local and LA area radio doing interviews and had articles and interviews in local newspapers. He's been on Al Franken's and Randi Rhodes. As important at these big names are they are mostly preaching-to-the-choir shows.
Now he's made the LA Times and in a major column. Dana Parson's did a pretty good job of playing the non-believer and I haven't talked to Steve to get his feel for how he thought it went but Steve came out very well.
The 48th is Christopher Cox's district and he dominated it since 1988 with wins in the 60% range and 72% in 1994. Parson's is trying to make the point that Steve doesn't stand a chance but Steve begs to disagree with
"Your premise is that Campbell is another Cox, and the answer is no," Young says. He challenges my assessment that the district, which includes coastal Orange County cities and moves inland as far as Irvine and Tustin, is "impregnable" to Democrats.
In another exchange Parson's is still making Steve's lose a forgone conclusion. Steve's having none of it.
The Campbell campaign "is anticipating a comfortable margin of victory" and that its 49% GOP registration in the district gives it a sizable advantage, Greene notes.
I must say, it sounds like business as usual in the district.
Which prompts me to ask Young, as politely as I could, if he were on a fool's errand. "I don't believe in sacrificial lambs," he says.
"But what I do feel is this campaign is less about me as an individual and more about a movement, the sense of the people wanting responsiveness again and input. That's what we're offering."
Earlier Parson's mentioned that Steve
...prides himself on giving any voter his private cellphone number.
Then to finish off the column Parsons has one
...last question, I wanted to double-check something.
"Are you sure you want voters calling your cellphone?" I ask.
"Yeah," he says, cheerfully, "I do."
Pure Steve Young; a man who, if you spent time with him you would know that he's not just playing politics when he says that.
