Comments on: Who’s Throwing This Party?

By: barnard

barnard — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:09:52 +0000

He won't do it. He doesn't want to know the answer.

By: barnard

barnard — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:08:59 +0000

Patently FALSE. But, for laughs, let's assume it's true. It only moves him to controlling between 20 – 25% when it's all said and done. Not Enough to Get it Done. Especially considering all the enemies he has made with how he has gone about it.

By: Think Again

Think Again — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:53:19 +0000

OK, I'm either living in a surreal world, or this post was made a week ago…am I right?

By: Mayor McCheese

Mayor McCheese — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:21:34 +0000

All joking aside. Will you please ask Williams this question? “Will you enter slating, and if you lose will you abide by the rules and step aside for whoever wins, to be the uncontested candidate at the Primary?”

By: Indiana_Barrister

Indiana_Barrister — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:58:09 +0000

Actually the only two women I'm afraid of are my wife and mother. And not necessarily in that order.

By: Indiana_Barrister

Indiana_Barrister — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:43:26 +0000

Yes, the Cheshire Cat is my favorite character. I love his grin.

By: Mayor McCheese

Mayor McCheese — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:41:46 +0000

Why don't you ask Brian Williams if he will abide by slating, since he has tried to stack the deck in his favor. The PC move will fail, precisely as mentioned above. So. Which way is he going to play that one? I for one, think many Democrats would like to know. You are either playing the slating game (which he has tried to do) or you do not. Get it out in the open now, or do you fear Melina THAT much Mr. Abdul?!

Anyway, Alice in Wonderland was not nearly as good as Book of Eli.

By: Indiana_Barrister

Indiana_Barrister — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:40:25 +0000

I must have hit a nerve.

By: Indiana_Barrister

Indiana_Barrister — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:39:24 +0000

Actually 100 of Williams' PCs have no challengers.

By: barnard

barnard — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:58:37 +0000

I'm getting the sense that Abdul is stumping for Williams. I can't quite figure out why though. Abdul... you normally have pretty insightful analysis of things. However, this analysis is so obviously spun to the advantage of one candidate and is counter to your normal in depth look at things that I can't help but think you want Williams to win badly. Maybe you just like a battle and you know Williams needs some help to stay in the game.

I agree with much of analysis above. Many, many of these filings are multiple filings in the same precinct effectively reducing the #. A few of Williams' filings have told me directly they are not supporting Brian and they just filed with him because it was an easy way to get the paperwork in (admittedly this is only a few that I know of).

The big piece you have amazingly chosen to omit is the fact that there are over 220 precincts that have no candidate filed. This means the County Chair gets to appoint his people to almost 38% of the votes.

Of Brian's 190, it will be a great day if he gets 100 elected. Multiple filings in the same precinct will drop that number right off the bat and then there is the fact that he has to get them elected. Many of his filings are going up against established PC's who have worked their neighborhood for decades. That's an uphill battle to get elected.

If he gets 100 elected he will control less than 17% of the vote at slating. The bottom line is, although I applaud Williams for bringing some new people into the process, he has NO CHANCE of winning at slating and I think if you REALLY WANTED to look at this without an agenda you would come to the same conclusion.