[QUOTE=UnregisteredSBR]"A candidate should never use his opponents name,” is old school Avman. Sorry. It depends on the situation. The Riecke campaign failed to capitalize on the issue. It came across as light weight. He needed a stronger finish.

These boards are not sufficient exposure of Greene’s connections to the trial lawyers. None of the candidates could, it seems, find a suitable way to hit him. Except for Tassin, they should have.

Doesn’t mean Riecke still win, but special elections (unlike an earlier post’s assertion to the counter) are not only about GOTV. It’s about preGOTV education. None of the campaigns educated voters on why to vote for them (except for Greene) and therefore could not tell voters why not to vote for Greene.

It’s a horserace.

Never use the opponents name. It may be old school but name recognition still helps. Why help the candidate opposing you?

I agree with you about getting the message out. When the campaign first started out, I asked in this forum what made Riecke so conservative. Instead of ideas Riecke stood for, I was greeted with attacks. Not a good way to start the campaign.

[QUOTE=TaxMan]All depends on whether the black vote splinters or whether those sample ballots go out Friday night with Stevens’ name on them.

I know I’ll get a few “racist” potshots on this one, but I’ve seen this done before. As recently as in 2003 when Cleo had the “Cleo Fields” ticket of Fields and Leach.

I still think that we are watching a turning tide in the black community. Its going to take a course of about ten years before it becomes a major thorn in the side of Democrats but the black community is beginning to wake up to the stances of the Democrat party.

I think the Democrats vote for Stevens will be overwhelming. Blacks will most likely vote with Stevens, not party mon.