LaRocco responds to his doubters.

[More Than A Feeling]

LaRocco responds

I filed for Lt. Gov. with 20 minutes to spare and ran against the sitting governor who was running for Lt. Gov. I didn't run one TV ad because my fiannces were limited....just like the other statewide candidates. I had to convince the people of Idaho to fire a sitting governor for a lesser job. It was a steep hill to climb. If you simply cling to my '06 outcome you are missing the true story in Idaho.

Dems in Idaho picked up 6 seats in the state legislature in '06. We came very, very close in 3 state senate races. We had more than 1,000 volunteers out on election day and for total GOTV activities. We doubld our voter files through hard work and considerable expense.

I have started early....18 months early, and I'm devoting that amount of time to bring balance to Idaho and to increase the majority in the US Senate.

I won re-election in 1992 by 50,000 votes. When I lost to Larry Craig in a narrow election in 1982 I had no help from the DCCC. Our candidate in the 1st CD (my old seat) in 2006 had no help from the DCCC and garnered 45% of the vote to Sali's 50%.

more at http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2007/9/2/185852/2164/65#c65