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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh I think she is wrong. Catania stands a huge chance of winning this election. Unless you are voting on special interests alone, David Catania is the far superior candidate!!
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[b]How long have you lived in the District?[/b] I absolutely agree with PP--Bowser can easily win this. And I say this as a Catania voter.[/quote]

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.
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Or let me put it another way (I posted the above),[b] 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. [/b]I bet most people on DCUM arrived in DC post-2000. 
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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.[/quote]

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