politics

[tagryn]

I find it hard to disagree with much of anything in commissar's "Why I Am Voting Democratic in 2006" post, though I'm more in the a-pox-on-both-your-houses camp. That's a big reason why I haven't been making many posts on politics or Iraq in the past half-year or so.

I don't think the republic is doomed, as elf and mdlbear believe. The nation is more resilient and powerful than that. But can anyone persuasively argue that we're heading in the right direction...or, for that matter, that either party looks like they have a clue what that "right direction" might be?

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[donnafair.livejournal.com]

We're doomed! DOOMED!

The sword of Damocles hangs above us all. Not much you can do about it.

[erikred.livejournal.com]

When it comes to the gubernatorial election, I'm probably voting Green this year. I mean, Schwarzenegger's election year policies are pleasantly (and rather deceptively) centrist, but his non-election-year policies are just too plutocratic for my tastes; on the other paw, Phil Angelides has done absolutely NOTHING to impress me, and I'm not voting for him just because he's not Schwarzenegger. Besides, Angelides' attack ads on his opponent in the Primary were just bloody awful.

What a mess.

[tagryn]

Marc Cooper has been chronicling the disaster that is the Angelides campaign. At least Wesley had some degree of charisma and real-world success behind him.

Given the political makeup of CA, the Democratic nominee usually almost has to make a concerted effort to lose there. Yet, here we are. I still can't believe that Grey Davis and Angelides are the best the Democrats have to offer.

[erikred.livejournal.com]

There's a certain entrenched complacency in the California Dem party that makes it really, really hard to want to support them. Rumors continue to circulate that Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of LA, really wants to run for Governor in 2010, which means that he'd just as soon see Schwarzenegger in office until then, the result of which is that he withheld his endorsement from Angelides until late September. Who knows, though? Perhaps he just doesn't like Angelides. Hard to blame him either way.

Here's my promise: anyone who engages in attack ads loses my vote. I'll choose from whomever's left.

[donnafair.livejournal.com]

I'll tell you what's interesting: coming to Maryland and seeing a whole new set of political makeup. Ads are either bordering on amateurish or slickly produced products of the DNC or RNC. It's a very Democratic state, but interestingly, the Republican running for Sentator is black, so there is a lot of speculation as to how much of the African-American vote he will siphon off from the Democrats. Plus he's got the best commercials (though on the amateur side of the scale).