<p>S1 was just hired as a ‘finance’ intern for one of the major campaigns. He’s going to be a fundraiser? Did he learn how to do that at home? :eek:</p>
<p>Anyone else’s kid working on a campaign?</p>
<p>" know a lot of Republicans who are not supporters of Sen. Clinton, but at the same time no longer support the Bush Administration or its policies."</p>
<p>Raising hand and waving.</p>
<p>I also know a fair amount of Democrats and Independents who are not supporters of Senator Clinton, but at the same time are not (and may never have been) supporters of all the Bush Administration policies.</p>
<p>“Not all conservatives walk in lockstep”…that is truly good news</p>
<p>I think it should be noted that the next election is NOT Bush vs. Clinton.</p>
<p>I think it should be noted that the next election is NOT Bush vs. Clinton.</p>
<p>If the Republicans are able to define the campaign your statement will be correct, if the Democrats are able to define the campaign it will not be.</p>
<p>Good point sjmom. It should also be noted that Clinton is NOT the choice of all Democrats and Independents in the next election. Our own cc straw poll has Edwards running in first place.</p>
<p>My choice for the next election isn’t even running yet, so I’m a woman without a candidate so far.</p>
<p>Cheers – How exciting! I have worked on campaigns (even as a ‘paid’ worker…oooh) and it’s so much fun. You meet wonderful, like-minded people and work really hard for what you believe in. The more your kid can learn about the finance side, the better. That’s a job with a future – since money and politics seem to be inseparable. And I’m sure he learned lots about fund-raising at home – how many times has he wrangled a $20 from your pocket over the years?</p>
<p>ZM: As you see I edited my post, given your objection to the iraq War. And I am not clumping every conservative with Limbaugh, Coulter, etc. I am stating that they have set the tone of the debate. Eli Pariser, Michael Moore, and Howard Dean came much later to this party. (Ward Churchill is in his own category - if you include him I get to include Jerry "“I really believe that the Pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians, … the ACLU, People For the American Way - all of them who have tried to secularize America - I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this [terrorist attack] happen” Falwell.)</p>
<p>Zoosermom – Do you think he’ll run? Or has he had it with politics?</p>
<p>"And I am not clumping every conservative with Limbaugh, Coulter, etc. I am stating that they have set the tone of the debate. "</p>
<p>I was talking specifically about the tone here, on this website, on which we all post and share information. Some of the posts are just downright mean. SJMom and I aren’t Ann Coulter (whom I loathe), or Rush Limbaugh (whom I’ve never heard in my entire life), we’re just ourselves and the meanness is very unnecessary. If you have a problem with Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh (wanna hear my Sean Hannity rant?), write to them, but don’t hold me responsible for their words because they don’t speak for me.</p>
<p>“Zoosermom – Do you think he’ll run? Or has he had it with politics?”</p>
<p>I don’t think he’ll run because he knows he can’t win. I wish I could find a candidate to be passionate about. I haven’t done since President Reagan. I’ll tell you one thing, though, the draft Bloomberg thing is on every one of my nerves. I can’t imagine anyone, republican or democrat, who could support him.</p>
<p>Hey Zoosermom,</p>
<p>Don’t feel bad. You haven’t found a candidate, but I haven’t even found a party affiliation I can completely identify with. </p>
<p>Is there such thing as a repocrat, or maybe a demublican? Independent is ok, but we have no candidate either. So, we are usually forced to vote against the greater of two evils, or rarely in favor of the lessser of two evils. Go figure…</p>
<p>"Don’t feel bad. You haven’t found a candidate, but I haven’t even found a party affiliation I can completely identify with. "</p>
<p>I’m a registered republican, but support gay marriage, oppose the death penalty, support gun control (to a point) and am the farthest thing from religious. I’m not happy at all with any of the candidates.</p>
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<p>Not to belabor the obvious, but there is no place for you in today’s Republican Party.</p>
<p>Clarification: Obama, Clinton and Edwards all oppose gay marriage, believing that marriage should be reserved for being between “a man and a woman.” They have also, all three, been very busy playing up their religious credentials.</p>
<p>I think I’ll sit out this election–which will be a first. I can’t in good conscience vote for any of these people.</p>
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Says who? I can only speak for myself, but although I may not agree with everything each Republican candidate says, I could never again vote for a Democrat. If one has an over-riding issue (like national security) then that’s beats all of the other issues.</p>
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<p>That is not Senator Clinton’s position. Her position is that states should be free to enact marriage laws as they see fit. She has no objection to states allowing gay marriage.</p>
<p>A distinction without a difference.</p>
<p>I heard Clinton say at the Bravo debate that she personally opposes gay marriage–something along the lines of…“I oppose it for personal reasons.” </p>
<p>Sort of like Guiliani saying he is personally opposed to abortion but would leave it up to legislators/supreme court to make or not make changes in the law. </p>
<p>They’re not the front runners for nothing!</p>