But more than 40 percent of voters are undecided.
“It’s surprising to me how dogmatic I am about my candidate and in seeking out partners that agree with me in this primary.”
D.C. Council will consider emergency legislation to allow Sanders on the ballot this week.
We had mentioned last week that yesterday was the last day for D.C. voters to switch party affiliation in time to vote in the September 14 Democratic primary. The Washington Post reports today that nearly 2,600 voters in the District have made that change in 2010. Based on preliminary reports, the District’s Board of Elections and Ethics notes that 2,068 “no party” voters, 308 Republicans and “several hundred” Statehood Green party members had switched affiliations between the beginning of 2010 and yesterday.
So you didn’t make your way to Nissan Pavilion yesterday evening to hear Sen. Barack Obama launch his national campaign as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president (and give VP nominee watchers a lot to chew on by gushing all over Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, as captured in the YouTube video above). And you didn’t get invited to Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s house to eavesdrop on Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton’s secret meeting last night….
This entry was written by contributor Ben Clark. D.C. shows its love for politics in many ways, but nothing is quite as wonktastic as waiting in line for a citywide premiere of a documentary about Al Franken. Last Friday I made the trek to the only movie theater in the city that still serves beer for the premiere of God Spoke, sponsored by American Family Voices, to enjoy some Coulter- and Hannity-bashing with inebriated fellow…
The Democratic Primary isn’t until September 2006, the general election two months after that, but the field of mayoral contenders grew one stronger today. Marie C. Johns, a former Verizon executive, today formally announced her candidacy for the District’s top job, currently held by Anthony Williams, who is secretive about his own plans for a possible third term. In announcing her candidacy, Johns vowed to apply her extensive business experience to running the city government,…