tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post1419234747441920894..comments2024-01-22T03:02:52.051-08:00Comments on California Greening: Lessons of Feb. 5Weshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15684763427526399228noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497138.post-28434517955352902652008-02-07T13:02:00.000-08:002008-02-07T13:02:00.000-08:00A week before the primary I mailed out 1200 postca...A week before the primary I mailed out 1200 postcards asking people to vote for Cynthia McKinney. I mailed them to Greens in Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale. It was a bite of Santa Clara County, but not the whole thing. I did it because I wanted to donate to the Cynthia McKinney campaign, but I thought if I gave them money it would get spent on staff time, food, or airplane tickets. The other thing on the postcard was an invitation to my election night party. You can see my pictures from that by visiting:<BR/><BR/>http://tian.greens.org/MountainView/My/Clubhouse/index.html <BR/><BR/>To make a long story short, Carol Brouillet stole the show. We brought in at least half a dozen Greens that hadn't been active before. I haven't seen how the numbers boiled down yet, but I think we moved Cynthia from 18% to a quarter of the vote. It seems like the only County Cynthia took was San Francisco. I haven't seen that pattern since there was a gas tax on the ballot in 1994.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com