Exactly the point. Since Rybak was never committed to abiding by the endorsement, neither were his delegates committed to the process. McLaughlin's were. So there should have been only one name on the balot, and the moyoral endorsement could have been over just that fast. The problem lies in the fact that DFLer's are to afraid to just "SAY NO" to individuals who do not honor the process. We trip all over ourselves to please everyone instead of simply being tough. If you are going to have a convention to endorse, only deal with folks who are committed to being so. Don't even allow candidates (whther they belong to the party or not) to even show up and walk around with banners. They can do that somewhere else on their time (which might have been a better way for Rybak to spend his Saturday instead of gracing us with his presence, since now he will be going out talking to the real people instead of us imaginary ones at the convention..... Then, if you have a rule that a motion to endorse can come only after a certain ballot, than no one should even BE ALLOWED to put in a ballot calling for no endorsement until that time. Then, whatever percentage a candidated must reach can be fairly determined by the true number of votes cast at each ballot. So you have delegates who have come to endorse a candidate actually doing so. I am sure that the convention could be thereby be shortened by a few hours. Unless we spend endless hours debating the above rules. But ultimately, I agree with Barry Clegg. The decision of who will win this race will be made by the people not sitting at the endorsing convention. As well it should be, since the voting public does not always agree with who we as delegates may choose. Pamela Taylor (10th Ward)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since 40+% of yesterday's delegates chose to support a candidate who openly stated all along that he was not committed to abiding by the endorsement if he didn't obtain it for himself, what - if anything - does this say about the commitment of the delegates themselves to the endorsement? Ann Berget Kingfield-in-the-8th __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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
