Received the following this morning from SD GOP Chairman Ron Nehring….
Liberals Complain Republican Party Blocked Dem Gains in San Diego in 2006
In a revealing story published in today’s Voice of San Diego local liberal activists are quoted complaining about the effectiveness of the Republican Party in winning multiple local elections in the county in 2006, bucking a national trend that favored the Democrats.
While 2006 was a banner year for the other party, "…the momentum liberals, progressives and everyone else under the Democratic tent gained after the Nov. 7 election didn’t carry over to San Diego, where incumbency, key endorsements and the well-funded political organization of Republican and conservative causes held the trump card in this year’s most competitive and visible races."
The article continues: "Democrats and their causes failed to win in five key 2006 races where they had an apparent leg up over Republicans in voters’ partisan registration. In another race, a Democrat could not capitalize on the taint of Duke Cunningham, the year’s poster child of GOP corruption, in her bid for the disgraced congressman’s House seat."
The reason? Experts "noted that the sum of these six contests shows the power of Republican efforts to recruit, market and financially support viable candidates and initiatives."…"Quite frankly, we don’t have the star power they do," Democratic consultant Christopher Crotty said. "The Democrats in San Diego don’t go as good a job as Republicans in cultivating candidates."
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