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>> >>PEGGY: CONSERVATIVE COUNCILMAN CARL DEMAIO HAS THE MONEY WHILE LIBERAL CONGRESSMAN BOB
FILNER LEADS IN EARLY POLLS. BOTH HAVE HIRED MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE PARTY
FOR THEIR CAMPAIGN AND CHANGED THEIR MIND ON SEVERAL ISSUES.
HERE WITH MORE DETAILS IS SCOTT LEWIS WITH VOICE OF SAN DIEGO.
SCOTT, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. THIS CROSS POLLENIZATION THAT'S GOING ON,
REPUBLICANS HIRING DEMOCRATS, DEMOCRATS HIRING REPUBLICANS.
WHAT'S THAT ABOUT AND IS IT UNUSUAL? >> >>SCOTT LEWIS: , WELL, YOU HAVE TWO TEAMS
OF PEOPLE ON THE LEFT, YOU'VE GOT BOB FILNER, ON THE RIGHT YOU'VE GOT CARL DEMAIO, AND THEY
BOTH BEGAN THIS CAMPAIGN AND RAN THEIR CAMPAIGNS BASED ON THROWING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
IN CHARGE OF THE CITY OUT. YOU KNOW, THEY BOTH ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH
THEIR BASES, THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM, AND THEIR CORE ISSUES AND SO NOW THEY HAVE
TO DECIDE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WIN AND THE WAY THEY'RE GOING TO WIN APPARENTLY IS TO
NOT THROW OUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CHARGE, BUT ACTUALLY START TO COURT THEM.
THE ESTABLISHMENT IS NOW I THINK ASSERTING ITS KING MAKER U AUTHORITY AND THEY ARE IN
VARIOUS WAYS SMOOTHING OUT THEIR MORE ROUGH EDGES TO APPEAL TO THEM.
>> >>PEGGY: TO GET THE VOTE. >> >>SCOTT LEWIS: YEAH.
>> >>PEGGY: IS THIS UNUSUAL? I MEAN CONSULTANTS FOR CAMPAIGNS THEY SWITCH SHIPS SOMETIMES?
>> >>SCOTT LEWIS: YEAH, SURE, SO THIS WEEK WE HAD BOB FILNER, THE LIBERAL RUNNING, HE
ENDED UP HIRING THE ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY I THINK POLITICAL CONSULTANTS IN SAN DIEGO'S
HISTORY WHICH IS TOM SHEPARD. TOM RAN THE CAMPAIGNS OF MAYOR JERRY SANDERS,
SUSAN GOLDING, ROGER HEDGECOCK, GOING BACK A LONG WAY. AND THEN HE JOINED THIS VERY PROGRESSIVE
CONGRESSMAN WHICH IS STRANGE BECAUSE HE'S ALWAYS MOSTLY BEEN WITH REPUBLICANS.
HE HAS SUPPORTED DEMOCRATS IN THE PAST, SO IT'S NOT COMPLETELY STRANGE.
WHAT IS STRANGE IS JUST HOW MUCH APPARENTLY HE LOATHES CARL DEMAIO, WHO FILNER'S RUNNING
AGAINT IT. I THINK THAT'S COMING OUT REALLY CLEARLY.
HE'S MADE A DECISION AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HE'S HOPING WILL MAKE THE DECISION THAT THE BEST
WAY TO GET WHAT THEY WANT OUT THE CITY IS TO SUPPORT FILNER NOW.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT. BUT IT'S A FASCINATING MARRIAGE OF POLITICAL
CONVENIENCE, YES. >> >>PEGGY: WHO'S AHEAD RIGHT NOW IN THE POLLS?
>> >>SCOTT LEWIS: YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. THERE'S SOME THAT COME OUT.
THERE WAS ONE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DITD FOR ITS OWN EFFORTS AND THE LABOR PURCHASED APART
OF THAT TO SHOW THAT FILNER WAS AHEAD. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOESN'T COVER THE WHOLE CITY
SO THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT ITS ACCURACY. I THINK THAT FILNER DOES HAVE A SLIGHT ADVANTAGE
N IN SOME WAYS, IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THERE'S A LOT MORE DEMOCRATS IN SAN DIEGO.
ALSO, CARL DEMAIO IS MUCH MORE ORGANIZED MUCH BETTER FUNDED AND HE HAS AN ARMY OF VERY LOYAL
PEOPLE WORKING ON HIS BEHALF. IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO WATCH AND VERY TENSE.
>> >>PEGGY: YES, THE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FUNDING ON THAT.
WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM? WHO HAS THE MOST MONEY AND WHERE'S IT COMING FROM?
>> >>SCOTT LEWIS: CARL DEMAIO'S PUT IN SEVERALÊ I THINK HE'S PUT IN ONE TO TWO MILLION DOLLARS
OF HIS OWN, INVESTED IN IT. HE'S ALSO RAISE AD TON OF MONEY FROM TRADITIONAL
REPUBLICAN SOURCES, BUILDERS AND ALL THAT. BOB FILNER HAS NOT RAISED MONEY.
HE BEGAN THIS RACE VERY CONFIDENT AND ALMOST WITH A LITTLE HUBRIS AND NOW HE'S PULLED THAT
BACK, BEEN HUMBLE AD LITTLE BIT. TOM SHEPARD'S NEW CONSULTANT WILL HANDLE THAT
A LOT. CARL DEMAIO HAS THE ORGANIZATIONAL ADVANTAGE,
BOB FILNER HAS THE DEM DEMOGRAPHIC ADVANTAGE. >> >>PEGGY: BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE CHANGED THEIR
MIND ON SEVERAL ISSUES INCLUDING PROP B. >> >>SCOTT LEWIS: BOB FILNER CALL TD A FRAUD,
AND NOW HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT IN A WAY THAT'S MORE POWERFUL THAN IF HE JUST
LET IT GO THROUGH AND FOLLOW TD BY THE LETTER. HE ALSO ABANDONED HIS PUSH TO SORT OF BORROW
MONEY TO INVEST IT IN THE PENSION SYSTEM AND SAID THAT'S IRRELEVANT NOW BECAUSE HE'S GOING
TO SUPPORT THIS REFORM HE CALLED A FRAUD. I THINK IT'S FASCINATING HE'S U U BANDED THAT
AND THE TWO DON'T RELATE. HE CAN DO HIS OLD PLAN, HE'S TRYING AGAIN
TO THROW THESE BONES TO THE ESTABLISH. HE ALSO EMBRACED THE CONVENTION CENTER SAID
HE'S GOING TO WORK TO GET THAT DONE AFTER CALLING THAT A BOONDOGGLE AND A HAD A HANDOUT.
DEMAIO'S DONE A LOT OF SWITCHING, SAID HE'S GOING TO CUT A LOT OF ARTS FUNDING, ENDS UP
NOW SAYING HE'S GOING TO DOUBLE ARTS FUNDING. THOSE THINGS ARE ALL MADE TO BE MORE APPEALING
TO A CERTAIN CONSTITUENT. >> >>PEGGY: WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT.
IS THIS JUST AN IMAGE THING. ARE THEY JUST TRYING TO SPIN WHAT THEY'RE
REALLY GO TO DO OR ARE THEY REALLYING TO REACH OUT?
>> >>SCOTT LEWIS: THESE ARE SUBSTANTIVE POLICY CHANGES.
THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY REACHING LEFT TO RIGHT OR RIGHT TO LEFT, BUT THEY ARE REACHING OUT
TO COALITIONS WHO HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN POWERFUL IN SAN DIEGO WHO WERE UPSET THAT
THEY'RE SORT OF TRADITIONAL CANDIDATE NATHAN FLETCHER OR BONNIE DUMANIS DIDN'T MAKE IT.
>> >>PEGGY: SCOTT LEWIS, VOICE OF SAN DIEGO, THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US.