Clark's First Debate

Watched it. they really didn't give much time to General Clark, instead it was mostly Dean, Gephart (sp) and Kerry arguing amongst themselves and Sharpton keeping it humorous.

also, you still suck for moving your crap. Yet another goddamn website I have to check isntead of one single page. jerk. :P

You'll be able to check it all again on one page soon enough. Just need to finish up the html'ing.

And the consensus view on Clark's debate performance was that he did what he had to do: not screw up enourmously ;)

Well seeing as he didnt get much time to answer anything, I'm sure that goal wasn't hard. :)

I'm switching my vote to sharpton...he makes me giggle.

Hey do you know when the Colorado Primaries are? June I think right? I gotta get registered as a democrat so I can participate, I'm currently an independant...

Actually, thanks to budget constraints, presidential primaries no longer exist in Colorado. Candidates will be chosen by caucus by individual parties. I need to research how exactly this works, since its something I haven't spent too much time on, but I believe in order to have a direct voice in who the Democratic candidate will be you would have to actually become a delegate. I'll update the blog if I find anything interesting in my research.

Budget constraints? Wouldn't you mean republican legislators trying to strip us of a democratic opportunity? Cancelling the primaries was a petty $2m in an $800m cut.

It was a good strategy to keep voters from finding out about any other candidates than Bush: no primaries = no publicity. And there are enough people who can't name any D candidates as it is.

But yeah, "budget constraints" sure sounds a lot better than partisan political moves.

Either way, we don't get to vote in something that's pretty important, and that's fucked up.

No doubt. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a whole lot of information about it, so it doesn't seem the local Democratic establishment put up much of a fight. I haven't spent much time looking.

But honestly, the folks that are looking for an alternative to Bush aren't just sitting around scratching their heads because there's no primary. I'm mainly concerned because it means I have no say in who the party picks unless I actually become a delegate. I need to bone up on the mechanics of the whole primary process for my own good.

And I meant to put "budget constraints" in quotes. But I was sleepy. (went up to Red Rocks and climbed the stairs and then hit The Fort for a art festival and dinner. I'm still full)

hehe - I thought you were just being "moderate" again ;) the ft. is yummy.

(But honestly) Although I'm mostly pissed I can't vote for Sistergirl... I was talking about people who could gain a better understanding of why they need an alternative via the publicity primaries generate. Zensieren Sie alle Meinungsverschiedenheit!

Well, I'm not entirely clear yet, but it looks like folks that want to express their preference will have their chance through local Democractic precinct caucuses. There's more information here:

http://www.coloradodems.org/2004%20Delegate%20Selection%20Plan%20Sept%2003.pdf

It's unclear to me the mechanics of the caucus, but it does say in that document:

"The times, dates, places, and rules for the conduct of the caucuses shall be effectively publicized
by the county central committee to encourage the participation of all Democrats. (RULE 3.A., 3.C.)
The locations and time of each caucus will be certified by the county party and will be publicized
in the media. In addition, state law requires that all places established for holding a caucus must
have a sign conspicuously posted for at least 10 days prior to the precinct caucus. (CDP Rule Three,
III, A; RULE 3.B.; CRS 1-3-102)"

So keep your eyes open.