For one, most of us at this point, are unsure who our presidental candidate will be. Americans tend to start a the top of the ticket and work their way down. Next… they will consider there Congressional Representatives, and once that is decided, they will choose their markee State officials, after that drop down to their representatives in General Assembly and finally their local government officials. By the time they hit bottom, they vote party because they feel ill informed. Most still have the News Journal Voter’s Guide tucked under their arms as they walk into their polling place……

All know they have until September to make up their mind. That is three years away….considering most voters are seriously wondering how they will even survive economically come September. Which bills can they afford NOT TO PAY?

And this interesting twist. All politics are local, or so the saying goes…….since the advent of television, local politics, the ones in our own living room, are focused on the presidental race, only.

Everyone listed underneath the presidental line, has not even shown up on voter’s radar screens.

Want proof? Count the number of blogs who re-posted all those negatives surrounding Tom Gordan upon his announcement of trying for his old job back……

Hat’s off to Rick and Brian, who did elicit callers who worked closely with Gordan back then, all who called to warn us of what to expect if we fall asleep at the wheel and allow the unthinkable………………

Seems to be the same statement from two different ideological ends of the spectrum.

Is it possible to find out if the Pal Center in Wilmington or someother place that can seat a crowd, and would be willing to do it for free, (or a small fee to cover their costs). I would like to hear all 4 candidates. I would like to hear Jerry Northington. I remember Mike Miller from his last run.

Del Liberal could come up with the questions? And no candidate is priveleged to the questions before the debate.

Everyone starts out somewhere, and if you are thinking that we should be higher in the political ecosystem, then we need to get abit more entrepreneurial about this. Not just in how other state blogs learned to thrive, but with the very real challenge that DE politics is way more retail-oriented than many other places and way more insular (at least in comparison to other places I’ve lived) than I think its local practitioners realize. I suspect that candidates know quite precisely who they need to court and talk to IRL for funds, support, votes. Further, I suspect you’ll find that particular playbook written on some stone tablets in some Delaware vault someplace. If we’re crashing the gates, then we need a strategy to do that – one that will provide abit of an incentive for candidates to actively talk to us in an effort to get support.

But there’s a bunch of smart and successful folks here (folks with way more insight into the DE political process than me), so there is likely a great deal of wisdom on what that strategy should be.

Your caucus idea was a really creative one, and I still feel really guilty for not participating. But, I still don’t know enough about these candidates to make a choice (and, frankly, have no idea how I am ever going to find out enough about these candidates to make that decision) and I am old-fashioned enough to want to hear a candidate make a case for him or herself and ask me for my support. Which none of them have. Yet.

For everyone else, it is never too early to beat up on Mike Castle and it is never too early to collect some low hanging fruit.

Getting big checks is great but Castle just voted with Bush for torture – it seems noteworthy to me that it has passed without comment by any of the four people seeking to replace him.

Hello? Is this thing on?

I’m not saying the candidates should be commenting in these threads – they probably shouldn’t. I’m saying a fucking press release would be nice. So excuse me for thinking. “Here we go again.”

Then have a post open for as long as you like (maybe 2 days?) where people can post their support. The trick is, just like a real caucus, they have to use their real names when they post.

So I would post this and only this:
Brian Selander – Chris Bullock.

Without the explanation that I think KHN and Jerry are perfectly great people who have a lot to offer.

Folks who regularly post here that don’t want to use their real names could certainly sit it out. Or,
for example, BaHumbug could post under his or her real name in the caucus post, but would not need to say “BTW – I’m BaHumbug.”

Like a traditional caucus, people can also vote “Undecided” or “Undeclared.”

Thanks for trying, Jason (who is a guy who actually puts up signs, takes down signs, does door knocking, works the polls, etc.). As for the rest of you, quit bitching and start working if you want a better government.

No one is comfortable with any candidate.

It’s the Bush economy. Everyone is scrapping for every dime they can get.