As others have noted, the Persons campaign was better organized, Remington campaign had more passion. What happened to Bernard?!?
Given the fact that who ever gets the endorsement is probably the election winner, no endorsement was the way to go. With 3 viable candidates it doesn't make sense to essentially allow 150 people to decide the 10th ward council member. Also let's face it, its not like one of the Bush twins was waiting in the wings, republican endorsement in hand, ready to start running against the DFL endorsed candidate. Now we can spend the summer listening to the candidates, seeing who really has well thought out ideas, won't wilt under the spotlight, raise cash, basically show they have what it takes to be a council member. Finally, although Remington had the more passionate supporters (youngest too!) he might be caught in that 10th Ward trap where about 40-44% of the 10 Ward electrate can be considered very progressive. Unfortunately for them you need 50 percent of the vote to win and they may find it very hard to win against a more centrist candidate (See Ritchie v. McDonald or Kress v. Niziolek). Given the fact that he might have a hard time raising $$$ and his responses to questions tend to drift toward buzz word-ville, I predict RR might do well in the primary but lose big to either Persons or Bernard in the general election. Remember you read it here first!! Dean E. Carlson Ward 10, East Harriet REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
