tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post115324621158587430..comments2023-08-05T09:36:31.185-04:00Comments on New York's 24th District Independent: A campaign of individuals or of committees?24thIndependenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16411599694795845193noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153604210087399932006-07-22T17:36:00.000-04:002006-07-22T17:36:00.000-04:00Of course. It's never the candidate's fault if he...Of course. It's never the candidate's fault if he loses. right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153449901039423302006-07-20T22:45:00.000-04:002006-07-20T22:45:00.000-04:00The man has a family to support. It's not our pla...The man has a family to support. It's not our place to judge how he does that. Instead of turning our backs we should be extending a helping hand. If Mike Arcuri loses it's going to be our fault it happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153430672914022922006-07-20T17:24:00.000-04:002006-07-20T17:24:00.000-04:00Arcuri is busy, so we should get out get busy for ...Arcuri is busy, so we should get out get busy for him? He's busy with OTHER things than running for Congress, you mean.<BR/><BR/>Arcuri should have started working harder a long time ago, and quit his day job. Now all Democrats are paying the price for his laziness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153428842794235822006-07-20T16:54:00.000-04:002006-07-20T16:54:00.000-04:00Instead of criticizing Arcuri why don't you do som...Instead of criticizing Arcuri why don't you do something productive? Sign up to volunteer or go to ActBlue and donate. If we want to win we have to put out a lot more effort in terms of time and money. Mike is busy and it's up to us to pick up the slack, especially the people in the outlying areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153424284192853272006-07-20T15:38:00.000-04:002006-07-20T15:38:00.000-04:00If only Arcuri were as willing to put time into th...If only Arcuri were as willing to put time into the campaign... oh, sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153423206324565432006-07-20T15:20:00.000-04:002006-07-20T15:20:00.000-04:00It's good to see some other people from the distri...It's good to see some other people from the district starting to pick up some of the load. We all need to donate our time and our money to make this thing happen. If we don't step up to the plate no one else will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153404917694174622006-07-20T10:15:00.000-04:002006-07-20T10:15:00.000-04:00Curious is right to some degree. I wouldn't have ...Curious is right to some degree. I wouldn't have chosen Freeville for that hour and a half, except that it fit neatly into a block of time between a meeting at TC3 in Dryden and an appointment in Lansing and Fundraiser with the Tompkins County Democratic Committee. I planned his time to cover an area that included 36% Democrats, 26% Republicans 15% Independents and 23% blanks. His palm card certainly isn't very good. But he should staff that out and use his own time to get his face out in public.<BR/><BR/>My biggest problem with this campaign is not Arcuri, it's the campaign itself - or lack thereof. We want this seat in Congress. But nobody's going to hand it to us. We have a presentable candidate. Now somebody's going to have to step up and support him. (Wow, I can't believe I said that.) Arcuri's still a full time DA. It's going to take some staff or volunteer time to redesign his palm card and website, write some policy statements, get some press coverage. Curious, I'm pretty sure you have some of those skills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153400247826032812006-07-20T08:57:00.000-04:002006-07-20T08:57:00.000-04:00Ha, thank you anonymous 7:04pm. You posted almost ...Ha, thank you anonymous 7:04pm. You posted almost exactly what I was thinking when I read that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153396683233062092006-07-20T07:58:00.000-04:002006-07-20T07:58:00.000-04:007:04--The average population of a Congressional di...7:04--The average population of a Congressional district is 650,000. The population of Freeville is 505. I don't think that taking an hour and a half to visit less than 0.08% of the district (most of whom vote Republican) is a valuable use of a candidate's time. I'd rather see him take that hour and a half to redo his palm card. But that's just me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153350262388302872006-07-19T19:04:00.000-04:002006-07-19T19:04:00.000-04:00Yeah why go door to door to meet the dirty little ...Yeah why go door to door to meet the dirty little minions right? Ray Meier would never stoop so low. He knows his place and he thinks its above everybody else. Did it ever occur to you that door to door is personal and having a Dick Cheney fund raiser isn't?Isn't it about time????? Are we so dulled and convinced that we are subordinates that we can't handle a candidate treating like we matter personally?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153340528394980282006-07-19T16:22:00.000-04:002006-07-19T16:22:00.000-04:00Door-to-door? Is he running for DA?Door-to-door? Is he running for DA?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153282936333971092006-07-19T00:22:00.000-04:002006-07-19T00:22:00.000-04:00Well, you're right. It's a long way from a blockbu...Well, you're right. It's a long way from a blockbuster. The difference between "barely over one-third" and "nearly half" is about 16 percentage points. So, thank you for including the numbers showing that the difference between Arcuri and Meier is actually 8 percentage points.<BR/><BR/>On the plus side, I met Arcuri tonight. I did an hour and a half of door-to-door with him in Freeville. Why Freeville? I don't know. I'm still underwhelmed by his position statements. But he's smart and personable and he seemed to take my suggestions seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21177018.post-1153264804065340602006-07-18T19:20:00.000-04:002006-07-18T19:20:00.000-04:00Where did the last post go? Too complimentary to ...Where did the last post go? Too complimentary to Arcuri?<BR/><BR/>Michael Arcuri and the 2nd Quarter Money, Blog Political: Take Back New York's 24th, July 17, 2006Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com