tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post2329347502734093525..comments2024-03-26T12:56:08.975-07:00Comments on Elk Grove News.net: Stafford makes official announcement challenging Cooper for 9th Assembly seatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post-78103426389446089492019-11-05T06:19:43.512-08:002019-11-05T06:19:43.512-08:00Mr. Bekker, if the great debates you are looking f...Mr. Bekker, if the great debates you are looking forward to include one for the Assembly race, I would not get your hopes too high. The best you can expect is maybe a 30-minute forum filled with talking points put together by the League of Women's Voters for the general election that will be sparsely attended. What matters most is the cash a candidate can raise, and Mr. Cooper has a mountain of it now. <br /><br />Regarding Ms. Stafford, it is true she has not held elected office, but as we may recall, before being elected to the House of Representatives in 2012 (after losing the same race in 2010) Dr. Bera never held elected office. There were two differences for Dr. Bera compared to Ms. Stafford. The redrawn district lines in 2012 favored Dr. Bera, and he raised a lot of cash - some of it illegally by his father we will recall. Cash is king, and unless Ms. Stafford can raise $1 million, she is just spinning wheels. Capt. Benjamin Willardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06576005609061886203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post-20741085161464139042019-11-04T17:16:50.328-08:002019-11-04T17:16:50.328-08:00As California has shifted more to the left, even m...As California has shifted more to the left, even more so, I can see how Cooper might be perceived as being too conservative for his own party. But no offense to Stafford, but where are her political credentials, and has she paid her Democratic dues like all good Democratic candidates have done? <br /><br />Helping people 'put food on the table and paying for housing' isn't gonna get it done. Cooper was able to bring the pork home to his district and that pork was not handed out to the little people. That pork went into the hands of farmers and big developers indirectly through the local governments. <br /><br />Pork wins elections, not good soundbites or the little people! D.J. Blutarskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09529518197945699750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post-5952253351020797862019-11-04T14:33:08.224-08:002019-11-04T14:33:08.224-08:00Spoons an Forks as we will be sitting around the t...Spoons an Forks as we will be sitting around the table soon for Thanksgiving. I am reminded that everyone has skeletons an it is best to be on your best behavior as it’s just as easy for her skeletons to surface. I like it when it’s just about issues and differences of those issues an not mud slinging. I look forward to some great debates in 2020!Randy Bekkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13216742650028140383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-693256921060044086.post-82837089962414941812019-11-04T14:10:42.432-08:002019-11-04T14:10:42.432-08:00I wish Tracie good luck. She'll need to get lo...I wish Tracie good luck. She'll need to get lots of donations to mount a serious challenge. I wonder if any of Jim's skeletons will be dragged out of the closet. Spoons and Forkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482312339901564189noreply@blogger.com