More on Martha...

Okay so now we know that Martha Dominguez is in fact going to actually run for State Board of Education against the incumbent Charlie Garza in November.

So here is the dilemma for me as a Democrat. How can I honestly feel okay about supporting her in the general election?

Lucky for her Charlie Garza's extremist views make him impossible for me to support, but that is beside the point. That is an important race. You have to want it in order to win. You have to work hard. Especially because its a race that most people don't give a crap about.

Some how Dominguez won a race she wasn't trying to win. She didn't make any freakin' effort to win, as evidenced by the fact that she didn't make any campaign expenditures. What she did was unfair to voters and to her opponents.

Now she wants us to support her in November?

Sorry, but you are going to have to EARN my vote after what you did. I don't think you should get by on straight ticket voting.

If you want support from Democrats, be a good Democrat and work for it. So far, I'm not very impressed. To my knowledge this is the only documented interview with Dominguez. Take a look and you'll see why she's not all that impressive.



Regardless of my political differences with Garza, I can acknowledge something very important. Garza will work hard and Garza has some infrastructure within the district. Even though the districts numbers would favor Dominguez, its not by such a wide margin that Garza can't over come it.

Especially against someone who isn't a hard campaigner.

Campaigning isn't easy. Its hard work and requires a long term emotional and physical investment on the part of the candidate. So far, Dominguez doesn't show she has any skin in the game and that is a bad thing.

Dominguez, you are going to have to work for it. I'm not just giving my vote away on this one and I hope you revisit your approach and really work for the support.