Khazei at least pretended anguish.
"The part of me that loves democracy is appalled that only 15 percent of the people are likely to vote," he said. "But the part of me that's a dark-horse, grass-roots candidate that's had a strategy from the beginning about going door to door and reaching voters directly for a low turnout is thrilled, because you can win this election with 150,000 to 175,000 votes."