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"the key...will be turnout"

You are right. The thing that bothers me is that Terrell has no turnout operation that I am aware of. She did not even have an office in New Orleans in the primary. In 1996, when he narrowly missed defeating Landrieu, Woody Jenkins had a huge phone bank in New Orleans which turned out a great vote both in the primary and in the general election. As far as I know, none of the veterans of this GOTV effort have been approached by the Terrell campaign to replicate the effort for her. I think it is absolutely essential to offset the shenanigans by Foster and Cooksey. I wish they would make this move and quit worrying about these endorsements.

Maybe Terrell will allow the NRC or some others to bring in support even if it is below the radar screen to help in this effort. I suspect turnout may not have been the big thing during the Nov. 5 race but rather just trying to hold on and get better name recognition. I suspect they knew that they couldn't win outright and were hoping for enough supporters of the other candidates to come out and force it to a runoff.

I'm not sure how national help/efforts will play this time. I'm sure some will help but then too much may turn off the voters. I suspect the voters don't want to feel like they are being exploited by either side.