This week of the congressional elections was kind of tame in Texas's 23rd district. However one thing that did catch my attention was how Fransisco Canseco decided to open up the "official" week of campaigning.
Fransisco Canseco much like President Obama is very active on trying to use all media resources available to him in order to reach out to most voters. One of his most popular ways of doing this is through having his own Facebook page in which he updates frequently on what he is currently doing.
His most current post told readers that this was the official start to the campaign to defeat incumbent Rodriquez and also remove Nancy Pelosi from her position as Speaker of House. The rest of his post goes on to him discussing how Rodriquez really felt the "heat" this summer from media coverage of an outburst he had with an audience member.
Although i understand Canseco's logic at trying to demonize Rodriquez in order for voters to not support him, its becoming a bit tiresome for me. I've always been one to believe that politicians should try and and run as clean and honest campaign as possible, I understand that sometimes it's foolish to not poke at the opponents flaws even a little bit, so i was willing to look past Canseco highlighting Rodriquez's flaws on his own homepage. But now it's become redundant. I would like to hear more about what Canseco think he can do that is so much better than Rodriquez. I'm also not a fan of politician blatantly hating on the other party. What does Nancy Pelosi have to anything with this congressional race? She is not his opponent therefore, her name should even enter his statements. I feel that he needs to focus on his district and what needs to be improved upon it, instead of simply gossiping.
I like that you point out how things have gotten a little muddy when it comes to the fact of talking about the topics and how Canseco is starting to use dirty ways of trying to get his name out there. Also I think he brought up Pelosi because the Republicans want to take over the House and by them taking over the House Pelosi would no longer be the speaker and push Obama's agenda upon the House.
ReplyDeleteIt seems almost a little desperate on Canseco's part. If he was really such a good candidate, why does he need to stoop so low. Rodriguez is the incumbent, and Canseco is going to have to do alot more than run a dirty campaign if he wants to win.
ReplyDeleteBN-i totaally agree, i always have a lot more respect for a candidate that tries to focus on the actual issues, rather than the game of "politicking" becuase at the end of the day, if that's how someone gets into office, that doesn't necessarily mean that they'll be looking out for the people. It just means they know how to manipulate things to get what they want.
ReplyDeleteATC-i understand what you're saying, i just feel that in this kind of race, he should be focusing more on smaller issues in his own district, rather than trying to already make this a democrat vs. Republican fight.
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