Comments on: my endorsements for the primary? http://www.randomduck.com/2008/09/08/my-endorsements-for-the-primary/ thoughtful. entertaining. random. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keith Ivey http://www.randomduck.com/2008/09/08/my-endorsements-for-the-primary/comment-page-1/#comment-666 Keith Ivey Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:31:13 +0000 http://www.randomduck.com/?p=1194#comment-666 That's why I said "Republican Republican". Mara is coming at Schwartz from the right, criticizing her as insufficiently business-friendly. I can't see that going over well with many DC voters. I imagine most people assume Hunter and Brown are running as independents only because of the way the at-large elections work. Hell, Catania might well be a Democrat now if he didn't have to be an independent, judging by his support of Hillary Clinton and Jeanne Shaheen. But I can't see people holding that against them. They didn't hold it against Bill Lightfoot. You're right about splitting the votes, though. That’s why I said “Republican Republican”. Mara is coming at Schwartz from the right, criticizing her as insufficiently business-friendly. I can’t see that going over well with many DC voters.

I imagine most people assume Hunter and Brown are running as independents only because of the way the at-large elections work. Hell, Catania might well be a Democrat now if he didn’t have to be an independent, judging by his support of Hillary Clinton and Jeanne Shaheen. But I can’t see people holding that against them. They didn’t hold it against Bill Lightfoot.

You’re right about splitting the votes, though.

]]> By: randomduck http://www.randomduck.com/2008/09/08/my-endorsements-for-the-primary/comment-page-1/#comment-664 randomduck Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:21:47 +0000 http://www.randomduck.com/?p=1194#comment-664 Yes, I do think a Republican can win in the general. Look at Carol: she's won time and again, and she's a Republican (though about as centrist a Repub as you can get). Same with Catania, who only left the party because the Log Cabin Repubs were given the cold shoulder at the convention in 2004. I think that a lot of people (and certainly quite a few in the media) will ask why, exactly, Hunter and Brown left the Democratic Party. Especially with Brown, it seems to be a divorce of convenience, not of true belief. And then there's the split vote likelihood: Hunter and Brown can split the Dem vote, and Mara can sneak in and win it. Lots to ponder, that's for sure! Yes, I do think a Republican can win in the general. Look at Carol: she’s won time and again, and she’s a Republican (though about as centrist a Repub as you can get). Same with Catania, who only left the party because the Log Cabin Repubs were given the cold shoulder at the convention in 2004.

I think that a lot of people (and certainly quite a few in the media) will ask why, exactly, Hunter and Brown left the Democratic Party. Especially with Brown, it seems to be a divorce of convenience, not of true belief. And then there’s the split vote likelihood: Hunter and Brown can split the Dem vote, and Mara can sneak in and win it.

Lots to ponder, that’s for sure!

]]> By: Keith Ivey http://www.randomduck.com/2008/09/08/my-endorsements-for-the-primary/comment-page-1/#comment-667 Keith Ivey Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:35:32 +0000 http://www.randomduck.com/?p=1194#comment-667 Then again, Michael Brown has repeatedly annoyed Fenty. But Fenty's popularity isn't what it once was. Then again, Michael Brown has repeatedly annoyed Fenty. But Fenty’s popularity isn’t what it once was.

]]> By: Keith Ivey http://www.randomduck.com/2008/09/08/my-endorsements-for-the-primary/comment-page-1/#comment-665 Keith Ivey Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:34:15 +0000 http://www.randomduck.com/?p=1194#comment-665 Do you think an actual Republican Republican can win in the general? Granted, the independents aren't exactly formidable, but Brown has name recognition and surely would get the backing of Democrats if he were running against a Republican who wasn't the familiar, nonthreatening Carol Schwartz (someone people who deal with the council want to keep on good terms with). And don't discount the power of "Vote Brown and Brown" as an unofficial slogan. Do you think an actual Republican Republican can win in the general? Granted, the independents aren’t exactly formidable, but Brown has name recognition and surely would get the backing of Democrats if he were running against a Republican who wasn’t the familiar, nonthreatening Carol Schwartz (someone people who deal with the council want to keep on good terms with). And don’t discount the power of “Vote Brown and Brown” as an unofficial slogan.

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