California Special Election Watch: John Kerry – Election Strategy Backfiring?

A man, who only gave his name as Flipper, holds a sign as Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., speaks along with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005, at fire station number 3 in Los Angeles. Kerry was on hand to speak at a news conference to show his support for voting no on California’s Proposition 75.

The Los Angeles Times has Kerry Joins Fight Against Prop. 75 as Democrats Try to Boost Turnout.

Are the Lefties “getting it”?

Kerry addressed a broader concern among Schwarzenegger’s opponents: that efforts to discredit the entire election, which they have condemned as a waste of money, could backfire by discouraging some Democrats from participating.

Previously on Flap California Special Election Watch: It is the TURNOUT Stupid

But, the Unions have already spent tens of millions of dollars on early television ads turning off their base from the election and induced the pharmaceutical companies to spend tens of millions more on television dissing their grand socialist plan to provide low cost medicines for everyone (which would induce their base to turn out and vote).

“Some people are saying to themselves, ‘I don’t think I should vote; I don’t like it,’ ” said Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat. “That is exactly the wrong thing to do.”

That sentiment was echoed in an email sent to Democrats Thursday. The e-mail warns that “Arnold Schwarzenegger and his dangerous ballot propositions are gaining momentum … Democratic voter turn-out is criticial for beating Arnold’s propositions.”

Shaun Bowler, a political science professor at UC Riverside who studies the initiative process, said few national politicians can intervene successfully in a state ballot fight.

“It’s not clear that the Democrats need any big national figure,” he said. “They don’t need to persuade anybody; they just need to turn out and vote.”

Just think $100 million spent on the campaign, the resulting mortgage of the California Teachers’ Association headquarters building and they pursuade THEIR voters to stay home.

SICK.

Stay tuned.

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Cross-posted to the Bear Flag League Special Election Page