From an article in today's Daily Star:

Drake said the poll showed him within six points, but [his pollster Margaret] Kenski said that description is inaccurate.

"The race was substantially farther apart than that," she said.

The gist is that when Drake paints Grijalva as a liberal, "the race would tighten up" according to Kenski. With a little more than five grand on hand, it'll be difficult for Drake to paint any large liberal murals across the wall that is the Grijalva juggernaut.

That's not stopping Drake, though. I have it on good authority that he's setting up meetings with Latino religious leaders and talking abortion with them. It sounded to me as though he's trying to enlist a small army of conservative Catholics who otherwise are part of Raul's sizeable base. The Grijalva camp is aware of this and I believe is acting accordingly.

Smart political move by Drake, but ultimately futile. He's a one-trick pony and clearly not ready for primetime. And all his touting of the growth of Avondale while he's been mayor? Isn't the half that's actually in CD7 actually less developed than the half that's not? Sound and fury signifying nothing indeed.