Trang wrote:....the "Event Driven" government. The situation in the country and world is so fluid, I really didnt think either candidate was going to have a chance to implement much, because every day events keep forcing the governement away from any ideals they had, and they just have to react.
very astute & very correct, Trang. One of the problems with modern campaigns - candidates promise the Moon, and everyone knows that not only will most of it be unattainable, current events will derail and alter any platform. Ask GWB. So we've started to hit harder on the character issues, honesty, integrity, the trust factor, and past experiance, and listen less to campaign promises.
Nekhrun wrote:SandRider wrote:What's the story on the Independent, Barkley ?
Who's he pulling votes from ?
It's now only 462 votes with an automatic recount.
Barkley was the guy appointed by Jesse Ventura after Wellstone's plane crashed. He served for a couple months before Coleman took over. The paper here is reporting that he's pulled more votes away from Franken than from Coleman though pre-election poles were saying the opposite. I'm holding out a little hope considering some voter irregularities in Minneapolis. This thing is weeks away from being done.
Thanks for the heads-up, quicker than I could get around to googling it. I remember well Paul Wellstone's death, but didn't ever know what had become of the seat. Franken's a real pain in the ass. Sure hope he wins.
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