Posted by Duane Dichiara at 12:00 am on May 17, 2006 1 Comment
In the 74th Assembly District Primary race between Garrick
(Coronado Communications), Waldron (GilliardBlanningWysocki), and
Packard (self) a ‘strategy’ memorandum from Waldron’s campaign
consultants, obviously unintentionally made public, has been
circulating over the past week. The contents clearly demonstrate
exactly why every political consultant cringes at the thought of
their honest strategic and tactical thoughts being made public.
The memorandum details the results of what must have been rather
disheartening Waldron polling. “We have our work cut out for us”
the memo states in the first paragraph. Generally, this is not the
kind of encouragement a candidate who is considering sinking 100k
of their own money into a race likes to hear.
It then goes on to describe in agonizing detail that Waldron’s
Escondido base, where she has been a councilwoman for a fair number
of years, is not a base after all. In fact Waldron’s positives in
Escondido, the only place she currently has significant name
identification, are 16.2%. Not bad until you read further and see
Waldron’s negatives are 21.6%. In her hometown. The… Read More