How many of the Democratic candidates are willing to actively support the winner of the primary? It seems like a golden opportunity to show some party unity, and could even garner some useful publicity if sold as a contrast to the Lieberman saga.
Imagine if one or more of the "losers" came out and said "X won the primary. It was a fair fight, and I not only endorse him whole heartedly as the people choice, I am going to be working as a volunteer in his upcoming campaign, and asking the wonderful people who have been working with me these past months to do so as well. Because there is more at stake here than which one of us gets the honor and privilege of going to Washington on your behalf, and demanding accountability for the misdeads of the present administration..." and you're off and running.
--MarkusQ
MarkusQ, I have little doubt that at least 4 of the 5 will graciously support the winner of the WI-01 primary. The perennial candidate running for the seventh time is obviously in it for selfish reasons, so I don't think his support can be counted upon. Unfortunately, the perennial candidate at least started out with name recognition which is more than can be said of the rest. Steven Herr and the perennial candidate are probably the leading candidates, though we won't know for sure until tonight.
Posted by CA Pol Junkie at September 12, 2006 02:50 PMCA Pol Junkie, you're guy finished 4th out of 5. What happened? Everything I've seen from you led me to believe he'd be the winner hands down. Didn't even look like he won his own county!
Posted by joe schmoe at September 13, 2006 09:25 AMjoe schmoe, we're trying to figure out what happened. Ironically, the only county Herr won was the winner's home county! The short answer is, he ran on the issues but name recognition and the ground game is everything. I hope to do a front page post later today on the result.
Posted by CA Pol Junkie at September 13, 2006 09:31 AM