Yesterday was the official launch of my campaign. I spent a lot of time thinking about how to deliver a message about my values that might resonate with people living in House District 54. The largest local newspaper was not present. That wasn’t the surprise. The purpose of my press release was to announce that I was running, and they had already printed that story. In fact they did a pretty good job of getting out the word that I knew something about creating jobs.
The surprise was that despite filming my entire speech, which included lots of information, all three stations chose to focus on the fact that Republicans and Independents outnumber Democrats and will, therefore, have an easier time raising the cash to run a campaign. Given that the Supreme Court threw out all laws that were designed to give people an even playing field with corporate interests, I was probably naïve to be surprised.
The good news was that the cameras of all three stations panned the room. The images of my supporters looked different. Somehow they managed to edit out the wife of our Secretary of State, but they got the beautiful face of ethnic diversity. For the first time Grand Junction and Delta can see that Native Americans, Latinos, Bikers, and old grey hairs like me care about who represents them in government.
The surprise was that despite filming my entire speech, which included lots of information, all three stations chose to focus on the fact that Republicans and Independents outnumber Democrats and will, therefore, have an easier time raising the cash to run a campaign. Given that the Supreme Court threw out all laws that were designed to give people an even playing field with corporate interests, I was probably naïve to be surprised.
The good news was that the cameras of all three stations panned the room. The images of my supporters looked different. Somehow they managed to edit out the wife of our Secretary of State, but they got the beautiful face of ethnic diversity. For the first time Grand Junction and Delta can see that Native Americans, Latinos, Bikers, and old grey hairs like me care about who represents them in government.
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