Anonymous wrote:I agree. I actually wound up voting for White and Erin Palmer in the primary but am not glad neither won. I don't like Bowser or Mendo at this point but I don't think the proposals of the people running to their left make sense when you look at the problems the city is facing. Same with Charles Allen.

I'd like to see more pragmatic progressives like Christina Henderson. This is basically what Williams and Fenty were, plus Williams was a very dynamic and gifted politician who got people excited about things. That's an underrated skill in DC politics these days.

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Anonymous wrote:Textbook example of the problems that emerge when there's one-party rule.

Yes indeed.

When the primary election is in fact your general election, you get representation by the incumbent-machine candidate that only appealed to the most strident party members, with rest of the vote being split amongst multiple other challengers. Combine that with a “vote for _____ party no matter who’s running”, and you get the dysfunctional govts single party rule fosters.

This isn’t complicated.