| I have been watching the race in CA-03 for well over a year now. I've told my contacts in DC about Bill Durston and tried to get local progressives interested. The math was undeniable - if there was any seat primed to break through, it was this one. The demographic shifts mirrored CA-11, and Dan Lungren was arguably a less powerful incumbent than Richard Pombo, with less resources to draw from. Durston's first race against Lungren, in 2006, yielded the exact same result as McNerney's effort in 2004 (around 60-40), and since then the registration gap has tightened significantly (it's under 3 points and by election day it'll be closer to even).
After a long year of banging this drum, finally, Bill Durston is earning some respect. Today he appears on the DCCC's Red To Blue Emerging Races page. This isn't quite enough to put Durston over the top, but it is a recognition that the seat is competitive.
You ought to support Dr. Durston at the Emerging Races page or the Calitics ActBlue page. He's a better Democrat who will fight to responsibly end the occupation of Iraq and provide quality affordable health care for all. He has a great team of grassroots supporters up there and I hope this makes them realize that their efforts are being recognized and rewarded.
...this comes at a time when the Lungren campaign is actually touting polls with small sample sizes showing the incumbent under 50%. This one is going to be close if Durston can get his message out in the final three weeks. |
