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Nope.
How come why not?
Nada, Nil, Zilch!
Really? Why not?
I love Ralphie. We go way back.
I mean waaaaay back, (I used to own a Corvair).
And I’m all for replacing neoliberal incumbents, but I haven’t jumped onto the Green Party bandwagon. Their platform is long on rhetoric but short on tactics, but that could change during a campaign. (He supported universal healthcare in 2008, as do The Greens, or it would seem so by their platform rhetoric. But let’s not get hung up on single issue politics.)
And lately, it seems, he wants his old rich friends, (mostly white old rich friends except for Yoko and Cosby), to rise up and save us from ourselves.
Sounds like (more) neoliberal despotism to me.
And, let’s face it, he’s an old dog. A good dog, but an old dog just the same. If I was voting in Connecticut, and looking for an alternative to business as usual, I’d be looking for young candidates, women candidates, who were more likely to base their actions on ideals than political realities.
But Ralphie’s a popular guy.
Would you support him?
…..or…..
Why don’t you run?
Oh, hell no. Not only no, but hell no. I don’t compromise much, either. I am so far to the left I frighten me and I maintain that the answers are probably somewhere more toward Moderate Land. I still feel I’m extra-righteous, but no.
@Oh, hell no…..
That’s exactly why you should run…..to represent. You’re not so alone in your views.
If the answers are in Moderate Land, let them emerge from an open debate. Look at the latest Daily Kos poll.
Voter Intensity: Definitely + Probably Voting/Not Likely + Not Voting
Republican Voters: 81/14
Independent Voters: 65/23
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS: 56/40
And look at the Right Track/Wrong Track numbers:
“…the RT/WT metric now sits at its worst level in months (-17: 40/57).” (the lowest since Obama took office)
[emphasis added]
I don’t know if these national figures are reflective of the mood in Connecticut, but I think voters nationwide are starting to look for representatives as opposed to professional politicians or celebrities. We all need people in government who will represent their constituents first and compromise later, if the need is there. Not toadies to a corrupt system that believes it knows what is best for an electorate despite what the electorate says. Look what that attitude has done to the healthcare debate.
Look at the real Nobel winner, Elinor Ostrom.
You have a strong sense of social justice.
You know negotiating from a position of strength doesn’t begin with compromise.
Approach The Greens. Seriously.
I think you should run.
I will if you will. I work in the media and I have no interest mollifying the likes of me over the course of a long and bloody campaign. I often wonder at the mental health of people who do run for office. It’s brutal. Seriously. My desire for public service is trumped by my love of my family. There. How’s that for noble? That and I have skeletons that are too big to fit into a closet. Other than that? I will if you will. Interesting numbers, though. I had not seen them.
I couldn’t pass the physical.
Or the mental. Besides I have this thing about not wanting to be a member of any club who would have me as a member.
But yeah….family…and skeletons, (except in some circles that’s actually a selling point)…….
…and the numbers…
While Democratic supporters and advocates spend the bulk of their time ridiculing tea-baggers, Palin, Malkin, FOX News and the rest, the moderates and independents who helped sweep Obama into power are looking for a new home.
If they let that health insurance legislation pass, 2010 is not going to be a good year for them at the polls.
I think you’re right. And going for the low-hanging fruit is not really a skill, is it? I’m guilty of that myself and when I do, I want to go wash myself off.
Not as a candidate, no. I think Ralph and we are better served when he’s a gadfly, or a wasp, more like it. I like that he’s out there making things safer — and he’s had his hand in so many important bits of consumer-protection legislation. I’d rather see him continue to do that. We have a mayor in Hartford, Conn., right now who was a massively effective community organizer, but he started climbing the ladder and I think he climbed too high (beyond his pay grade). It’s tough to know your limitations, but I’m not sure ol’ Ralph would be able to compromise and negotiate and as much as I hate some of the compromises and negotiations that are coming out of Washington now, I do think it’s an important skill.
I do believe Ralphie’s better for the cause on the outside.