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CaptYossarian

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3. We have too many candidates at the top. It seems watered down, in spite of the fact that even a
Thu Apr 25, 2019, 10:55 AM
Apr 2019

mayor of South Bend is more qualified to run the country than a 72-year old toddler. I realize that the other 50 people (when all is said and done) running will keep their present jobs.

I liked the 2016 field: a female candidate on the right, a male candidate on the left, and a Washington outsider (O'Malley) was a nice balance. The outcome was total crap, but the candidates didn't have this mega-overlap in policies or ideology like the 2020 flood does.

The part I agree with is that we really should be focusing on the local races. Too many times, Repubs are running unopposed. I thought it only happened here in rural Wisconsin. My former Assemblyman would run unopposed and still accumulate a $50,000 war chest. How does the average Joe on the left get that kind of money when business people and the wealthy donate to the red piggies?


I can't imagine what that deranged woman did to that poor school district.

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