tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post5031223357450916659..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: NY23: Visit to a Watertown precinctRobert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-46127931141452797642009-11-03T13:41:34.023-05:002009-11-03T13:41:34.023-05:00Ed,
That's a long-time feature of New York po...Ed,<br /><br />That's a long-time feature of New York politics, and it <em>is</em> a feature, not a bug.<br /><br />For many years, it was impossible for a Republican to get elected to the US Senate without also receiving the Conservative Party's nomination, or for a Democrat to manage it without the (I think) Liberal Party's nomination. So these smaller parties were able to get <em>some</em> of what they wanted from the "major party" system by adding (or holding out the prospect of declining to add) value to a candidacy.Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-55299235959874191832009-11-03T12:16:00.358-05:002009-11-03T12:16:00.358-05:00If that is a legal ballot, it brings a whole new m...If that is a legal ballot, it brings a whole new meaning to the concept of a multi-party system. You insure election by running as the candidate of dozen parties! Hard to find more convincing evidence of the corruption of the republican form of government which the Founders left us..."A republic, madame, if you can keep it!"Ed Rasimushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667325554289268659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-82272399547702690382009-11-03T11:41:03.738-05:002009-11-03T11:41:03.738-05:00Hmmm ... one of the big Hoffmanite talking points ...Hmmm ... one of the big Hoffmanite talking points was Scozzafava's endorsement by the Working Families Party, but the ballot seems to say otherwise.<br /><br />It's also interesting that Stacy's talking up a "populist" angle on Hoffman when it was Scozzafava who got the "Perotista" party's endorsement.Thomas L. Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271473384378782680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-31984850310851103402009-11-03T11:21:02.264-05:002009-11-03T11:21:02.264-05:00Can't wait to vote "D" for Doug late...Can't wait to vote "D" for Doug later today. The sky is clear and bright, and hopefully we can all enjoy the results tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-37339903222118650192009-11-03T10:50:33.200-05:002009-11-03T10:50:33.200-05:00That's retarded!!! How can that be?! So unfa...That's retarded!!! How can that be?! So unfair and just plain not right....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com