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September 12, 2006
Election Day
It's election time in Maryland. We will see how things turn out today. I'm actually fairly excited about the two big races in our state, Comptroller and Senator. The latest polling I got from the Comptroller race shows the race as a three way tie. I'm not sure what to make of that, but on the one hand it worries me that the scumbag that's currently in the office might accidentally get to keep his post, which would be a disgrace to the Democratic party. The Senate race is a tougher one to read, Mfume looks like the favorite, but what people say and what they do in the voting booth are two totally different things sometimes. I'm hoping for an Mfume landslide, but I imagine it will be very close leading to hurt feelings for some.
OH yes, and I'm running as well in District 31, so I guess that should be pretty excited. I'm more interested in the real races in our district. Unfortunately getting to know the candidates didn't make the choices any easier except in the Senate race. I wasn't pleased with how either campaign was run and I think that whoever wins is going to have to do a lot of work to make up for the absolutely terrible way the campaigns were run in the primary. The Republican primary is going to be a bloodbath, if we come out strong after the primary we can still win this thing. Some of particularly bad candidates for the Senate seat are in the running, so we set on that front, we just have to execute properly once we have a candidate.
The Delegate race has caused me to be conflicted a lot. Craig Reynolds is a definite required person for us to have on the ballot. He's brilliant and a natural leader for the party and the District going forward. His campaign infrastructure is a thing of absolute beauty, I'm hoping that he will turn it's awesome power against the amazingly poor Republican candidates in the general to give us a sweep of the district. It's going to be a hard thing to do, but it's not beyond the realm given how incompetent the Republican candidates are for office. But given that they are running an army of Dwyer clones, none of us should really be surprised should we? I think even Republicans have grown tired of the rampant incompetence that has come to define the Republican delegation in Annapolis from District 31. I found it so funny that the Republican candidates for office listed immigration as the number one concern facing the District 31 people. If your a racist yeah that's your number one concern, but if you have an grasp of reality transportation is your number one concern in this district. The unreal disconnect between the violent and hysterical Republican candidates and the people of the District 31 is amazing thing to watch. Sad part is they are deadly serious about their racist agenda.
My next most favorite candidate for Delegate in District 31 is Rose Forrest. I've canvassed with her quite a bit lately and her instinctive leadership style and strong resolve have impressed me immensely. Everyone that meets her loves her, so I expect that she will have a great deal of success this election cycle. The one concern that she has and I guess if you were out of the loop it my cause an effect is the fact that she was in Iraq while everyone else was campaigning so she hasn't got to reach as wide of a swath of people. I think she'll do great, given that Democratic women vote for Democratic women. Given how strong a candidate Rose will be after the primary, I expect to see the standard Republican swift boating efforts to come out as they hate veterans with a passion and will work to defame and discredit her in their standard dirty politics sort of way.
The third choice took me quite a while to make on my ballot. Basically for me it was a question of to vote for Joan Cadden or Thomas Fleckenstein. I really like Tom a lot. He's a young Democrat like myself and he's been campaigning very aggressively for the office. On the other hand, we have Joan who I go back and forth on, all the time. She's extremely conservative, too conservative for my tastes, but at the same time she wins elections in this district. It was a really tough choice to make, but I expect to see the voters clarify the choice for me at the ballot box today.
There are certain races I would almost put in the unopposed category like Attorney General and County Executive, my favorites in these races have always been clear. I think it's going to be Simms and Johnson respectively. Polling suggests I'm correct on those assessments so I think my instincts are in line with the voters of the State and County respectively.
The message of the day I guess is get out to vote. You've got to send a message to the despicable Republicans about the future of this country. And if the candidates you like don't make it, mourn for a couple of days and then it's time to get serious about defeating the Republican party in November. Because their dream is to turn Maryland State government into a model of irresponsible behavior that is now the standard for the Federal government. Republicans are just too incompetent and too greedy to be trusted with our government folks, it's time for a change it's time to run them all out of office. It's time for all of us to work together to make our country a better place without the Republican cancer growing our society weakening us any further. It's time for real leadership and real change in our state. It's time to send a message.
Good luck to all the candidates running and even to the very tiny handful of decent candidates that go against the incompetent grain of their Republican party and are running campaigns for change and hoping to move their dying party away from the hate filled agenda of the radicals that have moved in and taken over their once proud heritage. Remember folks despite what the radical Republicans believe, the rest of us non-ultra conservative America haters, are still the heart and soul of America. Our values are real and not campaign slogans, we love our country and our state, we want a better future for our children and our lives do not revolve around push a radical agenda on our neighbors. We want everyone to be better off, we want our government to be effective and we want to move away from the toxic partisan rancor of the radical right.
Posted by Jamison at September 12, 2006 9:27 AM
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Heh. I just realized that it's primary day up there in Maryland, so I rushed over here to see if you had anything up about your races. WOW! Was I ever pleased with a very thorough report! Keep us posted and good luck in your race! (sorry I've been a bit out of touch of late -- moving has kept me distraced since our primary in August, but I'm getting back in the game these days)
Posted by: alice at September 12, 2006 10:55 AM
No problem Alice, I knew you were busy. Great work in Tennessee by the way. Looks like you guys have dishonest lump Corker on the ropes!
Posted by: Jamison at September 12, 2006 11:12 AM