For the last couple of weeks, I have gotten the impression that, buoyed by the poll numbers, Djou made a strategic gamble to put his whole plan out on the table for voters to consider in the primary. So, again flipping through the book of Panos, he pulled out the BRT conversion and the transfer to bus option at Middle St. And then he thought that may be enough to get him over the 50%, because in his mind, it was unquestionable at that point that the voters wanted the current Mayor back at this point. 

And then the results came in, and surprise, the voters were thinking different. 

Now we have a race where the challenger, having expended all of his ideas, needs to come up with new ones, and fast. In my opinion, unless he comes out with a blockbuster idea  - like finding a billion bucks to cover the expenses that is guaranteed money in the bank, Djou has nothing more to move the needle in my opinion. 

Meanwhile, the current mayoral occupant is still there, despite this gamble.