DRAFT DEPIERO
Being a lowly frontpager here in BSBland, I can't just go off the deep end and endorse people or stuff. So this here post represents my opinion, not necessarily those of other BSBers or Good Sir Jerid.
I think it's time for a good ole fashioned "Draft _______" campaign. We need DePiero. DePiero needs us. Why the hell not.
So, if I can figure out the tubes of these here internets, I'll try to get something up. Thoughts?
Sign me up.
However, despite lots of people thinking everybody must be so sick of Kucinich, he won his 2004 primary with 86% of the vote and won the 2006 primary with 76%~
Depiero would have to think if he really feels he can convince 20,000 or so Kucinich primary voters to switch~
Whatever, the more the merrier I always say!
It's all good for us here in the 10th
i, um, well, i'm not sure how to say this, as i'm, gosh, a bit choked up.
i agree w/ everything you just wrote. ok, almost everything, as kucinich did not face a real challenger in the aforementioned years (real in the sense of funded, active, professional, etc).
be that as it may, i've seen lakewood during kucinich season -- the yellow and black "dennis" signs are pretty hard to miss.
Those that wait will jump in on the primary winner and then look to the other races thought to be highly contested (Space, Chabby, Regula, LaTourette).
In other words, is there really going to be enough money for Dean to challenge an incumbent D? Not likely.
Not only did this mean that GOP LOSERS like Paul Gilmor and Ralph Regula could cruise to victory for decades, it also means that the Dems never had to face a realistic, competitive campaign. This leads to wierdness like a Democratic Representative campaigning for a flag burning amendment...
So even though primary fights are expensive and oftentimes destructive, it seems predictable.
The SOLUTION is, of course, fair redistricting which makes term limits unneeded and produces representatives that are on their toes and who are in touch with their constituents. This reduces the chance of bitter intra-party primary fights.
n/t