http://disqus.com/people/e6e8649c0510d869c908c09b38c5a20e/enFri, 25 Apr 2008 17:45:18 -0000http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/the_campaign_marches_on/#comment-1789364The campaigns are one way that voters get to shape issues and to get answers to their questions and concerns. The length of the campaign allows for more concerns to be addressed and for specifics to be discussed regarding policies and approaches and how they will impact different groups of voters. Democrat and Republican party leadership and campaign managers have their ideas about how things should be, but the voters are the ones who will decide who best represents their needs and their beliefs. Clearly blue collar voters are not satisfied with Obama's approach to their problems. Continuing this campaign provides the time to listen to the direction from the voters regarding what they see as important.mountainmommaFri, 25 Apr 2008 08:52:31 -0000http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/what8217s_wrong_with_perseverance/#comment-1789414I have never known politics and political campaigns to be neat and easy. This campaign has provided opportunities to flesh out policies and positions. It has offered the opportunity to hone skills in communication and thinking on your feet. It has shown that the candidates are not perfect and are clearly human, making mistakes and mis-statements. It has shown that voters will decide if this campaign continues to convention or not. The voters have been tenacious in bringing their concerns about their abilities to raise their families with any kind of dignity. Voters have shared their uncertainty about the future and what it holds for them. Voters have seen that what happened to blue collar and manufacturing jobs can happen to white collar jobs. This race is not neat and it doesn't fit into soundbites and time tables. The best laid plans don't always work in politics. I believe that the voters of this country will decide for themselves who best represents them and that the decision will be accepted by Democrats and those who vote for a Democrat candidate, because the alternative is four more years of Bush policies.mountainmommaFri, 25 Apr 2008 17:45:16 -0000http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/what8217s_wrong_with_perseverance/#comment-1789413I have never known politics and political campaigns to be neat and easy. This campaign has provided opportunities to flesh out policies and positions. It has offered the opportunity to hone skills in communication and thinking on your feet. It has shown that the candidates are not perfect and are clearly human, making mistakes and mis-statements. It has shown that voters will decide if this campaign continues to convention or not. The voters have been tenacious in bringing their concerns about their abilities to raise their families with any kind of dignity. Voters have shared their uncertainty about the future and what it holds for them. Voters have seen that what happened to blue collar and manufacturing jobs can happen to white collar jobs. This race is not neat and it doesn't fit into soundbites and time tables. The best laid plans don't always work in politics. I believe that the voters of this country will decide for themselves who best represents them and that the decision will be accepted by Democrats and those who vote for a Democrat candidate, because the alternative is four more years of Bush policies.mountainmommaFri, 25 Apr 2008 17:45:18 -0000