looks like dodd’s not so good for the hurricane-prone [update 2]
]]>The Christianists and neocons have a lot to answer for, and that can’t be put off. someone should have checked to see if the “values” being invoked by “values voters” were American values.
]]>i want to like clinton, because i’d like to have a woman president. i want to like obama, because i’d like to have a non-white president. i really really really like edwards for his emphasis on poverty, his changing to public campaign financing, and his vow to cut off health insurance for all the government if universal coverage isn’t passed within 6 months.
unfortunately, it looks like we’re never going to get around to impeaching either bush or cheney, and if that’s the case, i think constitutional issues probably will have to trump all others. i’m extremely angry that i may be forced to choose a president based solely on whether or not it looks like they really will uphold the constitution.
]]>Dodd has enough other problems that I would vote for him at best reluctantly. But constitutional issues may trump all others. There’s a lot to think about here.
]]>although i have to say, given the [imperfect] information i ahve about the two of them so far, i’d rather have a president dodd than a president clinton. but i have until jan 29 to make up my mind and there’s no telling what’s going to happen in the next 3.5 months.
]]>Florida Democrats don’t control the legislature, the Republicans changed the date.
I would rather see regional primaries that rotate, or a single national primary date.
Another option would be to actually elect real delegates, one from each congressional district who, along with the the top two officials from the state party, would constitute the party’s “electoral college” and let them sit through the campaign ads and debates and then select the nominee – a real convention.
The Dodd idea was Hipparchia’s. I’m just dittoing.
Write the post. Having lived on the West Coast I know the aggravation of being ignored, as the election was usually decided before the polls closed in California.
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