Peyton picked up such a large margin because people know who he is… and while they may or may not like him, they knew absolutely nothing about Jackie Brown. Or they knew that at some point in the past she showed up at a city council meeting in a costume of some sort.

“What that episode says is that too many people in the establishment have grown comfortable with certain groups being unseen and unheard- to the point where any attempt on their part to not accept their invisibility is seen as a threat. And when someone expects for them to accept invisibility as their status in life, well then, it’s time for one of them to step up.”

Almost Ms. Weathersbee. Almost. What she needed to say stright out is that marginalization means that 76% of the voters that day could careless about the plight of “those” areas of town they never have a reason to visit. These voters are mostly white. This failure falls directly into the lap of the local Democratic party. As a member of that party part of that blame lies with me as well. Unless the local Democratic party can craft a message that will resonate with the rest of the city that ALL areas of town deserve our undivided attention and realize the stake we have in them the marginalization will only become more acute which will no doubt be a catalyst for higher crime rates and othe socio-economic woes.

I will talk more about this later in detail on my blog. We really need to ‘demarginalize’ those groups in Duval county soon or we will be paying a heavy price later.

She managed to receive 24 percent of the vote - mostly from precincts in the city’s perpetually struggling Northwest area. And even though Brown’s showing wasn’t large enough to reveal a significant undercurrent of discontent throughout the city, it still shows that scores of people, most of whom are black, aren’t happy with the way their side of town isn’t progressing.

“I think some editorial control should have been exercised here.”

Were you aware of that Jackie Brown dressed as Aunt Jemima at a city council meeting as mentioned above?

Interesting use of the word ‘logic’ here. Your post reminds me of a hand full of my 10th grade students who employ ’selective’ hearing when they want to whine about an assignment they failed to turn in. In this case your response is a case of ’selective’ reading. I did not say ALL white middle class voters. I was referring to that part of the GOP base that vote against their own economic interests. Actually I should have included that lower class southern white male with the pick up and one or more uninsured kids being told to fear some guy/gal sleeping with a same sex partner in the next block while the Democrats plot to take away his guns. Meanwhile the the GOP clamors for the eradication of a ‘death’ tax that has absolutely no effect on them economically during the distraction. This is just a minor example whereas there others too numerous to list here. Now, if you want to claim I’m stereotyping the aformentioned lower class southern white male: bang - guilty as charged. As for your allusion to a logical conclusion on my part regarding the minority vote I’d like to invite you to my blog and read my Sept. 24, 2006 entry on people that mistake minority voters as a monolithic voting bloc at their own peril.

With that logic, I guess that means all minorities & poor people vote for democrats. How about maybe it’s possible that Jackie Brown saying she’s basically only worked for her families construction business and dressing as Aunt Jemima just wasn’t enough of a base for one to vote for her.

BTW Mrs. Pellino…it wasn’t the bloggers who ruined your chances, it was your inability to answer questions with some substance. But your campaign signs have really brightened up the vacant Heionedes lots along Main St, so “Thanks!”

TrumanDem - while I agree with your take on Shrub, please tell me you don’t always vote Democrat just because they are Democrat (something I may have “read” into a previous comment?)…

As for your analysis. Right on. For someone that was unorganized and controversial, Ms. Brown’s vote totals were in fact an eye brow raiser for me as well. You can bet it didn’t slip by Mr. Mike “Blue Cross Blue Shield boy” Hightower as well. I think this bodes well for Democrats (that includes myself - as a former member of the DCDEC I can speak with some authority) in the future. We just need to find that one person who can resonate with both the small business community and aveage vote at large. That would beat out the large corporate interests every time.