Well, congrats to Rajeev Pradhan. Congrats to Ashu for putting a great showing. Well my observation of the GAA election was that pretty much everybody I talked to had come with their mind already made up [including myself]. But I was justified in voting for who I eventually ended up voting for because his presentation was a cut above the rest. But although last-minute speeches or power-point presentation are effective in influencing 'swing voters', I doubt if there were any in the GAA hall that afternoon. So the lesson is: have as many of your constituencies and voters 'sewn up' in the sleeve of your shirt as possible long before the election day, drive them to the GAA hall yourself rather than expect them to magically show up, and pray hard. For the battle is won or lost long before the actual event. That's 'cause swing votes are a rarity in Nepal. Well if nothing works, just bring in Deepak Manangay, the Thamel dada, who has the whole Thamel (perhaps including GAA??) under his thumb. Can ya imagine he literally shut Thamel down for 4-5 hours not long ago? Hey hey ;-)