For those of you complacent about Janet her lead has shrunk to 8 points!

[saracat]

Get up off your butts everyone and ensure her a win! I have people who won't even put up her yard signs because she "doesn't need any help" Never take anything for granted.Please help make sure we keep one of the best governor's ever!

[jillan]

1. The New Times has a cover story on her

and her failures, but yet they continue to endorse her.

What is the latest poll? I don't trust the people that support Munsil.

[saracat]

3. latest poll

AZ-GOV Zogby Int. Oct 31 Napolitano (D) 51%, Munsil (R) 43

[jillan]

4. That's too close for comfort

Especially on Chavez' voting machines.

I did talk a repug into voting for her.

You know what drives me crazy? How Az keeps getting ignored in the msm.
We have a couple of tight races here. Senator - Mitchell - Paine - and Janet, and of course Larson v Gorman.

Andrea Mitchell (msnbc)is the only one I heard ask why Az is not getting more attention. I heard Randi Rhodes mention Az, and then changed the subject.

Hopefully we will get more dems elected and then people will start paying attention to the 5th largest city....in time for 2008.

[saracat]

6. Well, to be fair, Pederson has been written off, Janet is considered unstoppable.

Gabby Giffords is considered to have already won, Paine isn't considered competitive And I know you were joking about the local race.Actually the national press did give a lot of press to Jim and Harry.And Harry is the only congressional race that is interesting.It is a crime about how the lcal paper doesn't cover the Phoenix races.Except for the endorsement, the Az Rep hasn't covered Jim at all.Or any of the other Phoenix races.The other areas of the valley have been covered but they say Phoenix has no reporters.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

10. Janet Napolitano continues to hold solid leads over Republican challenger Len Munsil in most polls.

Can anyone get in and get the rest of the story below?

http://uspolitics.einnews.com/news/arizona-governor-campaign-2006

"31 Oct 2006 18:39 GMT
... the November elections. In the race for governor, Democratic incumbent Janet Napolitano continues to hold solid leads over Republican ... to hold solid leads over Republican challenger Len Munsil in most polls. An average of ..."

[lies and propaganda]

21. i dont trust New Times.

they have jumped the ship and gotten more crazy wingnut and offensive with each issue. Plus, basically one dude (Lemons) writes three quarters of each issue and hes far from funny, cute, or a good writer.

[jillan]

22. What happened to them?????

Also the Tribune.
We just renewed our subscription after about 1 year.
Unbelievable the change!

[lies and propaganda]

23. oh they are soooo bad.

the first of the Janet series was as if a shitty seventh grade girl wrote it. It was an embarrasment to 'journalists' everywhere.

[alstephenson]

2. She's running the only positive TV ads I've seen......

She has alot to be proud of and her ads state what she has accomplished and why she is the best choice, not why her opponent is the wrong choice. I find her ads very refreshing - it's depressing to think that the horrible negative ads are more effective!

[jillan]

5. Maybe it's time for her to get nasty?

[lonestarnot]

7. Hmmm. Maybe they want it to appear as though her lead has shrunk to

8 points to make use of the Diebold machines Brewer bought.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

9. That's a fear of mine, just like in the 04 election.

There's a mandatory random hand recount, however, I believe.

There are going to be count the vote rallies election night around the nation.

[lonestarnot]

11. We better be having one here!

[lady lib]

13. That's correct. There will be a random hand count

of 50 precincts in Maricopa county, and there will be equal numbers of Dems and Repubs doing the counting. Also, all of Maricopa county will have paper ballots that go through the same opti scans that have been used previously. There will be a Sequoia touch screen available at each precinct for handicapped voters (as required by HAVA), and it will print out a paper record of the votes for the voter to examine before leaving the poll.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

14. What happened to Jan Brewer's new Diebold paperless machines?

Good news if they are not to be used!

[lady lib]

15. Well, the good news is they're not being used in

Maricopa County. The bad news is they're probably being used in another county, but I don't know which one.

BTW guys, I'm going to be a poll worker for this election, so cross your fingers that all goes smoothly!

[tyedyeto]

16. They were used here in Pima County during the primaries and...

from what I understand there will be one in every precinct this Tuesday for disabled voters.

I saw one at my precinct during the primary and I'm sure that one will be there this coming Tuesday.

I've heard that in some areas of AZ, Sequoia machines are used for the disabled, but here it's Diebold.

[jillan]

17. I heard on Mike Malloy that it is not illegal to take cameras into the polls

How you doing stranger? Was wondering where you've been.

[lady lib]

19. Hi pirhana!

I've been here, mostly reading, and trying to curb my DU addiction. I fell off the wagon today ;).

Mike is right about camera use. No cameras or videos are allowed within 75 feet of the polling place (ARS 16-515). Camera phones are okay, but if you try to take a picture, you'll be asked to finish voting and then to leave.

[lady lib]

20. Oops, I misread your message, pirhana.

Anyhow, what I wrote about cameras is basically what it says in my poll worker training manual.

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

18. That is good news, and bad news. Let us hope that

a genuine hand recount goes well.

Since the infamous Diebold tabulator gave the truth to the old adage that it isn't who votes that counts, but who counts the votes.

[NoodleBoy]

8. my prediction:

most undecideds stay home; 51(D)-43(R)-8(U) turns into 54(D)-44(R)-2(L), J-Nap up.

it seems that the closer it gets to election day, if undecideds haven't chosen a candidate to support, most won't suddenly make up their mind on the last possible day, and many will stay home, or, if they do vote for anything, they skip over the top and vote for something else.

I'm still working for Janet so she cracks 55%. Over that level, politicians tend to reach god status if they don't fuck up.

[lonestarnot]

12. Janet won't be fucking up. You can count on that!