Gale Kaufman
Gale Kaufman
appealing both broad candidates classic defined fit
For a change, we actually have two candidates who have defined themselves, or are trying, as they go along. They don't fit into any classic pattern. They're appealing to more of a broad group, both of them.
Why would they do that? They know he's failing.
campaign deal focus governor hard people percent points start whether
You can go up 2 points here or 3 points there and try to make a big deal about it. But when people actually focus in on whether this governor should be re-elected, only 37 percent say yes. That's a very hard place to start your re-election campaign from.
broken governor naturally number since skeptical taking
Since taking office, the governor has broken a number of important promises. So while we're hopeful, we're naturally skeptical about what he says.
anger base election governor holding worried
There is so much anger about the governor holding this election that we're not worried about turnout. We will get our base out.
campaign engaged people serious
We are engaged in a very serious campaign over all of these initiatives and they are all failing, ... And the more people get to know about them, they do worse, not better.
believes break elected happy interest man money needs promise promises says special
But much more important, here is a man who got elected on the promise that he wouldn't need special interest money and wouldn't take it. He now says he needs it and he'll be happy to take it. How many promises does he get to break before no one believes anything he says?
air anyone governor needs obviously poll private public reason regardless weak
The governor obviously needs to go on the air because he's so weak in every public and private poll that's been taken. That's the only reason he'd going on air, regardless of what anyone else is doing.
engage fashion hard people systematic ten
It's not hard to get bonds, if you do it in a systematic fashion and you actually engage people for more than ten minutes.
looks number unclear
It looks to me like a lot of posturing is going on. A number of initiatives have been filed and counter-filed, so it's unclear how much of this makes it to the ballot.
comments decide difficult figures judge seems time until
It's time for him to decide who he really is as governor. He seems to be having a very difficult time in doing that. And until he figures that out, it's really difficult to judge his comments and his actions.
care creates election issues money phony poll raise says voters
It's a phony election that he creates on issues that every poll says voters don't care about and he's complaining about having to raise money for it?
based
This is based on a presumption that they actually know what was going on in the Capitol, and they don't.
election
This is the first election that's about him .