Catania is on fire
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Anonymous
How long have you lived in the District? I absolutely agree with PP--Bowser can easily win this. And I say this as a Catania voter. |
Anonymous
People always say this in bold, as if DC was a static entity, frozen in time. I think when they finally do a poll when Catania has officially filed, you might be surprised. The last poll was done before the democratic primary was even concluded. The district is changing, you know, if that wasn't already obvious! I am not sure what relevance the DC of the 70s 80s and 90s has to the DC of today. For example, Marion Barry would fail to get 10% of the popular vote these days, but he was mayor in those days. Anyway good to see that you're voting for Catania. |
Anonymous
Or let me put it another way (I posted the above), the fact that many of us arrived in DC within the last 5-10 years, and many of us are voting for Catania, I think that's relevant. I bet most people on DCUM arrived in DC post-2000. |
Anonymous
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NP, another black female considering voting for Catania. We only moved here in late 2013, so will look forward to educating myself in coming months on where Catania stands on other issues (although I'm totally with him on education, based on what I've heard/read thus far).
I can't see myself voting for Bowser. She strikes me as a rather limp candidate who doesn't know what she thinks on education, but is trying to strike the right tone. She also doesn't seem like the sharpest knife in the drawer--a major impediment to success as mayor, IMO. |
Anonymous
NP, and that's more relevant than you realize. There is a majority of DC voters who feel like they're being pushed out or left behind by the "new" DC. That was a major factor in Fenty's re-election defeat. Contrary to what someone said above about Fenty not paying attention to forgotten wards, the opposite is true. He won election precisely because he hit the pavement, walking around by himself, in just about every neighborhood and responded everything that he heard. THAT'S how he overcame doubts about whether he was "black enough" or mature enough to handle the job. Obviously, campaigning and governing are two different beasts, but that's the kind of campaign Catania will have to run. I believe he can do that better than Bowser, but don't underestimate the general feeling in DC about those who've arrived post-2000. |
Anonymous
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I don't know - I am reading these posts and really wondering about the bubble effect. All of DCUM talking to each other, convincing ourselves Catania has a chance. I more skeptical, though in a head to head I'd vote him over Bowser.
I work on a volunteer board with a wide variety of people, including some vocal African American women who live in Ward 8. Catania makes them as nervous as Bowser - on the issue of education, Catania has a well known adversarial relationship with Kaya Henderson, who is very well liked in my bubble. After our board meeting last week, these voters talked single issue - education - and came out on the side of Bowser. Purely because of how Catania treats Henderson. And yes, I know Bowser has been mum on the issue of keeping Henderson - It didn't make any sense to me, I'll admit it, but I will just say that the "voice" of DCUM (while offering some diversity) is as much a bubble as any other, and until I see some real polling I'm not convinced Catania has a chance of even hitting 40%. |
Anonymous
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Talking about bubbles.
Take a walk on 14th and U St NW at 9:00 pm of any week day and look around... Those are not martians , they are DC resident, just landed in the past 1-4 years... If you stroll around on a Friday/Sat. night, you will see thousands of them. Do they look familiar? No, I have not see anything like that during my teen and twenties (we used to live on 13th NW, very black, with blocks of very poor families, dark at night, dangerous after 9 pm) . Now, Catania knows how to talk to these people. Bowser does not. |
Anonymous
And who is the mayor of "the DC of today"? |
Anonymous
| I live in Ward 7 and my next door neighbors are 30yr residents of the District, African American, and usually vote straight Democratic. They are voting Catania. I think it says a lot. |
Anonymous
| Let's hope Gray runs as a write-in. That would assure a Catania win. |
Anonymous
We'll count me as the second. And, my husband as third. Mind you, Catania is not my first choice ( nothing to do with his race, gender, or sexual orientation), I don't like his inability to get along with people. But, he is smart and he cares. Attributes that I cannot attribute to his opponent. Bowser is an enigma. I do t know anything about her and what she believes. I don't know her desires for he city and it's occupants. I do know that during her tenure on the council, the only thing I remember is that she rubber stamped what Fenty wanted without thought. Catania has DH and my vote. |
Anonymous
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White resident of the District since 1996. Catania all the way. |
Anonymous
| Once he files, someone needs to start a "African Americans for Catania" or "Latinos for Catania" or a joint black/Latino group to drum up support among DC communities of color. That might go a long way to making it a competitive mayoral race (instead of an easy victory for Bowser). |
Anonymous
I think you would lose the bet. Not the poster you responded to, but wanted to chime in. I am voting for Catania and holes he dans house from The police chief to the DME |
Anonymous
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I see Bowser yard signs in my 99% white neighborhood in front of multimillion dollar houses. Maybe they are residual from the primaries. I do not know.
Trends and voting patterns go beyond our comprehension. Let's wait for the polls. |