On 11-23-97 11:35 EARNEST PADGETTE wrote to BROOKS GELFAND Re: I-676
 
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BG>EP>        Money well spent, wouldn't you say? (-: Ernie P.
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BG>I am not sure, Ernie.
BG>Obviously it was a fight that had to be won and by a good margin.
BG>Winning over the "last" vote usually costs more than winning the
BG>first vote for your side in any contest i.e. the amount of effort it
BG>takes to convince the last hold out voter is significantly more
BG>than the effort it takes to get a "true believer" to go to the polls
BG>and vote. Could we have won as convincing a victory at a much lower
BG>cost, say a two to one margin rather than a 2.5 to 1 margin? How muc
BG>would such a victory have cost in dollar terms, leaving that many mo
BG>dollars available for the next campaign? That is the question that N
BG>must address. I am sure I don't have to tell you that resources are 
BG>limitless.
BG>Brooks Gelfand           gelfand@failurea.fail.com
EP>        Understood, Brooks. But if the cost of winning is high...the
EP>        cost of losing is higher. I keep thinking about how Hitler
EP>        refused to increase the production of aircraft early on in WWII
EP>        because he didn't want to have a lot of surplus aircraft laying
EP>        around after the war. I can assure you we spent your money well
EP>        Ernie P.
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I certainly did not mean to detract from the great work done to win the 
important election. It was done very well done.
If you want an analogy for the RTKBA fight, I would suggest the Cold War 
is a good one. This will be a long protracted fight. The Cold War turned
into a "Race to Bankruptcy" between the U.S. and USSR. The USSR won that
race and went bankrupt first; they are no more. I would prefer to see HCI
win the bankruptcy race. 
 
 Brooks Gelfand                              gelfand@failurea.fail.com
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