I enjoyed listening to Michael Bennett. He is a lot more even keeled in his presentation than most politicians, letting his ideas do more of the talking than the way he presents them. The focus was on education and on advancing policy that is broadly supported. That’s not to say that Michael Bennet is a proponent of bipartisanship. He made…
It is already starting to get a bit difficult to remember and keep track of the candidates I’ve seen, and this is after seeing about a third of the prospective candidates. A list which seems to keep growing. Beto O’Rourke did the usual short stump speech and then town hall question thing followed by a chance to get your picture…
So I definitely didn’t know much about Pete Buttigieg before I went to see him. Just that he’s a gay mayor from South bend Indiana whose name I have no idea how to pronounce. The main thing I was interested in is what would differentiate him from other candidates. If I’m honest I can’t say there is a whole lot…
Re-post of my thoughts on Kamala Harris. It took me about a week to figure out what to say about Kamala Harris, because I’m still not really sure what they are. It was a great venue, because it was in South Church, the UU congregation that I attend. I showed up early to take advantage of the two pews of…
Re-posting of Cory Booker thoughts. I should preface this one by saying that I arrived a bit late and ended up outside the main hall in an overflow area for about have of the event. So, I didn’t see the first half, and while there was a speaker in the overflow area I wasn’t able to fully hear everything due…
I took me a little while to get past the routine – here’s my story, so here’s the issues I care about, thing – but despite that I found Elizabeth Warren to be a very powerful voice for action. I understand why she draws an eager crowd, and I was excited to be a part of her crowd. The difficultly…
This is a lightly edited for grammar and phrasing re-posting of my Feb 2 reaction to Andrew Yang. Below this I’ve added some more of my response to this candidate based on seeing him a second time and following him closely since. I think I’ve found my candidate for 2020. Andrew Yang struck me as deliberately not an ideological candidate. …
This is a reworking of my first prospective presidential candidate (PPC) Facebook post from Dec 2, 2018. It has been edited to more closely mirror the format and depth I adopted with later posts. I believe the gist of my edits, which are based on my now nearly two month old recollections, are in keeping with the presentation Tulsi Gabbard…
As I transition from posting thoughts solely on Facebook I thought I should lead off with a series of blog posts I’ve already started to create. Due to the fact that I live and work in Southeastern New Hampshire I’m privileged with the opportunity to meet many prospective presidential candidates as they campaign for consideration in the presidential primaries. As…