Hopeless in that district.
Hopeless is what they said about the recall of Governor Gray Davis in California.
You are right that this would be hopeless in a November high turn-out election because the district is gerrymandered very badly.
However, this is a special election with low turn-out. The motivated and hard-working will win.
This is an opportunity to show the public is fed up with Democrats and supports the President's agenda. That's why it is important that we force the run-off and focus national attention.
Democrat registration is only 51% and I think that we can win this race, but first we have to make sure Doris is forced into a runoff election. If nothing else it will humiliate Pelosi and the national Democrats in an off-year election. Can you imagine them wasting all that money and AGAIN having a failure on their hands.
The big issue in the runoff will be a series of Matsui scandals that are just now starting to be reported: Matsui Involved in Several Scandals, Here is One