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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This guy is a herb, not voting for him[/quote]

I love it that you used the word "herb." So appropriate.

Joke candidate seeking joke votes from suckers like the OP.[/quote]

We live in a one-party state without a competitive general election.  All the general election votes are joke votes.  The only statement one can make is to eother guve Bowser 90% of the votes or 70%.  The general election itself is a joke.

I'm voting for Red because we need open primaries and competition. [/quote]

We need competitive candidates too.  Robert White was the closest.  Open primaries wouldn't have made a difference. Republican and libertarian candidates don't have a chance in DC.[/quote]

Open primaries can result in 2 Democratic candidates for the general.[/quote]

You think Robert White would beat Bowser in a head to head?[/quote]

I don't know and don't care because it's moot.  I just want a real choice.  Our current system prevents better candidates from running because the election is decided in June by a plurality of the intraparty vote.[/quote]

Don't get me wrong, I agree that we should have a better voting system.  I just think it doesn't solve things with the current crop of candidates.  We still end up with Bowser.

I don't think it's even an issue of more progressive or more conservative.  I think we need someone more genuine and thoughtful than Muriel "Slogans" Bowser.[/quote]

That's a chicken and egg problem.  White was the primary opposition candidate because the Teacher's Union was the main special interest group up for grabs.  The system, which includes the small Council and at large positions, creates the results and candidates we get

Give us an expanded Council, no at large positions, and a jungle primary and we'll have better candidates.[/quote]

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