Senatorial Debates

[sirroxton]

If Capuano doesn't get name recognition, we'll have to settle for Coakley in the Senate. It'd be nice to get a little more oomph in the progressive wing. If anybody knows where to get a full version of the recent debate, video or transcript, let me know.

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[zandperl]

My union's pushing Capuano hard. He seems pretty good, but who's running against him, and who of them is good?

[sirroxton]

The other runners are Martha Coakley, Alan Khazei, and Stephen Pagliuca.

Alan Khazei deserves some attention. He's a central figure in what I might term the Public Service Movement. Pagliuca is kind of a wealthy, business-minded populist. Private equity investor. He owns the Celtics and was trying to buy the Boston Globe until he announced his candidacy. As AG, Martha Coakley filed a suit challenging the Constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.

My cart is hitched to Capuano because he's a strong, unabashed progressive with good political connections and a solid track record. He writes semifrequent "e-updates," discussing the rationale for various votes in the House. His campaign is also well-funded, and he may well be the best contender against Coakley, the front-runner.

All in all, though, not a bad crop of contenders.

[dirkcjelli]

Fuck them all.

[sirroxton]

Got a particular beef or just jaded? I feel bad calling you on it; that's the kind of question that asks for more research than I've probably even done myself, so feel free to keep the criticism general.

[dirkcjelli]

Oh, fuck them all for being Democrats in the first place.

Majority in the House, 60 votes + 1 in the Senate, the White House...

... And what?

Fuck them forever and ever.

[dirkcjelli]

Fuck them for being the party presently defending judicial torture.

Fuck them for claiming to reform healthcare while cutting a back-room deal with drug companies.

Fuck them for intellectual property law.

Fuck them for participating in an undermined democracy.

Don't legitimize the process-- the process is a fucking lie.

There is nothing about the Democratic Party that massive simultaneous heart failures of every party official above state level wouldn't vastly improve. (Same goes for the Republican Party, but people are at least smart enough around here to not talk about 'reforming' it.)