A Political Update. The Dick Mountjoy Campaign Appears To Have Gone Flaccid

Some of you may remember my earlier delight upon hearing that former California State Senator Dick Mountjoy had won the Republican nomination to seek a promotion to the United States Senate this fall. (I'm not making this up, here's his website.) I looked forward to a long, hard campaign where Dick Mountjoy's unbending commitment and unequalled endurance would thrust the issues that excite the people of California to the forefront again and again, leading to a cathartic climax on election day that would release the tension that had built up all over the Golden State.

But now that the passion of election season is heating up all over the country, it would seem Dick Mountjoy is missing the excitement necessary to have a relationship with California voters. Everywhere politicians are on the TV, blaring from the radio, and plastered in the newspapers accusing each other of wanting to raise your taxes and the price of gas, but as the weather gets colder, the Dick Mountjoy campaign seems to be shrinking away from it's job of injecting debate into this election season. So I went looking for Dick today and discovered this, from MSNBC.com:

If the 2006 election for California's U.S. Senate seat were held today, would you vote for:

FEINSTEIN 53%

MOUNTJOY 23%

OTHER 3%

It would seem that support for Dick Mountjoy is too soft for him to become a fully functional candidate, much to the frustration of his partners at the California Republican Party, who despite their assurances that this kind of thing happens to a lot of candidates, have turned their attention elsewhere, leaving Dick Mountjoy feeling very inadequate next to the likes of Arnold Schwarzenegger. I'm sure however, that even though it is almost certain we won't have Mr. Mountjoy to kick around after November, there will always be plenty of Dicks in politics.