DCist: Nakamura Nails D.C. Superdelegates

OldPosterKnownAsCranky

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:13:27 -0500

I can understand not know what ANC you live in (very few people actually ever deal with their ANC), or who the shadow guys are (very few people know what they do in the shadows). But for Ickes to not know what ward he lives in? That's lame. And for the supers to not know who the council chairperson is? Also lame.

ledroitist

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:55:03 -0500

The real "gotcha" would be to see how many of them are not legal residents of DC, and yet they receive homestead exemptions. Tom Daschle, call your office. Still, I lived on Capitol Hill for ten years and didn't know which ANC I lived in, until we had a pending case at BZA.

juanfe

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:51:40 -0500

@cactus_jack: because they live in the District, work in the District, and presumably are working for or are heavily involved in electing the people who claim to have political power over the District (i.e. congrescritters and other capitol furries)...

ElScorcho

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:43:27 -0500

Agreed, adamsmorgan. I also like the fact that Nakamura included it in the story. Take that, flack!

cactus jack

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:22:56 -0500

Why should superdelegates know this stuff? They're not going to Denver to nominate the democratic candidate for DC dog catcher nor are they appointed to represent DC's interests. The better point seems to be that the party probably shouldn't sit the superdelegates with the local delegates. At the end of the day, though, the whole thing seems silly.

adamsmorgan

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:26:52 -0500

While I don't disagree that most folks probably don't know their shadow representatives, the bigger point is that the superdelegates should know this stuff....

Reid

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:00:57 -0500

I've got to agree with HCE on the shadow thing. I mean, frankly, I don't know what the District's "state" bird is either*, but I fail to see how that's less significant than who my shadow senators are. *Look it up yourself.

mensan98th

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:35:40 -0500

Every time I see "ANC," I think "African National Congress."

monkeyrotica

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:30:10 -0500

I must protest this blatantly misleading headline. The aforementioned article contained absolutely no hot Nakamura-on-Superdelegate action. This is the worst bait-and-switch article title since "SCOTUS Bangs Gavel in Second Amendment Briefs."

HCE

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:19:57 -0500

You have to be a moron to have lived here for more than a couple of years and not know the answer to most of those questions, but I'd be willing to bet that at least 90% of District residents have no clue who their shadow senator and congressmen are.

adamsmorgan

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:17:25 -0500

I think my favorite part of the story was the PR goon for the woman with the American Federation of Teachers who has been a District resident for TWENTY years..."how many more gotcha questions do you have" Really?