Fling Update; Chavez to File for Congress

Norma Chavez is running for congress. She's going to file at the Democratic Party today at 4:30pm.

Clearly its a coordinated effort with Dori Fenenbock's campaign to try to siphon off votes from Escobar's campaign.

Silly strategy. Thats just further splitting Escobar hater votes. But its fun to watch.

Why Chavez would want to further damage her legacy is beyond me, but she is apparently consulting with several campaigns including Ruben Nuñez, Patsy Patiño, Jay Hulings, and Ricardo Samaniego among others. So not sure if she is leaving them hanging or trying to run for office and consult at the same time.

Back to analogies about boxers. Here we go again, with a fighter that doesn't know she's done. Norma isn't running to win. Norma isn't going to answer any substantive questions. Norma is going to do one thing - attack Escobar for Fenenbock.

Chavez should have preserved her legacy. She got a measure of vindication by defeating Naomi Gonzalez.

But contrary to what you will probably be hearing from here to the end of the election, Norma no longer has a strong support base.

Don't believe me? Check out her performance in her last election. She took a major beatdown in an area where she was once known as the People's Rep.

Remember when she didn't run for Senator right before Gonzalez took her out? The reason is, as I wrote back then, she didn't have the support. They ran a poll and it wasn't good. Guess what? That isn't going to get any better. She will finish somewhere above Tilghman and below Enrique Garcia. She's not even going to siphon off that many votes.

And that will be her legacy. Instead of going out with her head held high with a measure of vindication and a leadership legacy, she's going to go out like this. Frankly, its sad to see because I for one, genuinely thought she had changed. She's still using politics for payback.

As an aside, I was at Democratic Party Headquarters when the rumors, and then news came in. No one believed me, including people close to her. It was a complete surprise to everyone there when it was finally confirmed.

I'm sure the views on one of my YouTube videos is gonna go through the roof again....

This is the most Norma thing she's ever done. Which is why this is gonna be fun. Welcome back to politics Norma...