Too bad about Cynthia Matthews

I thought she really had a chance. I guess the enormous war chest of Dave "the closet gay" Drier was just too much for her to overcome.

if the Democratic Party gave her a token amount of funding.

I have never seen such an uprising of bipartisan support to oust a candidate and yet, the party sold her down the river.

Dreier, one of the most powerful GOPers in the nation, had the toughest battle of his recent congressional career. I believe Matthews was the most impressive loser in Congressional races in the sense that she had the highest number of votes for a loser.

Wrong person, wrong credentials for her district. She was portraying herself as a "woman of the people" pro-union, former forklift driver in an area that covers a number affluent communities. Plus, she had a mullet. A better candidate would have been a progressive who understood both the local business economy (lots of white collar commuters) and was a supporter of education and Big Science, since the district includes about fourteen colleges/universities and JPL.

But, I bet Matthews could have won for less than $100K. First the California Dem Party stabbed her in the back for going on a right-wing talk show. (Reportedly Gloria Molina campaigned for Dreier!) Then they disowned her for having a John Birch pamphlet in her office (WTF?!) Then she got no national support.