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Caucuses Tomorrow
Mar. 1st, 2004 06:32 pmKucinich is king of the overpasses. I had to drive to my mom's house in St. Paul to pick something up after work. When I was driving home to Minneapolis along I-94, I saw two overpasses with people waving Kucinich signs and banners, one overpass with people waving Edwards signs and banners, and zero for Kerry. Minnesota caucuses are tomorrow.
Last week on Wednesday, I tried to go to see Kerry speak at Macalester College with my mom. I'm not actually planning to caucus for Kerry tomorrow, but I would not be at all unhappy if he's the Democratic candidate. I have always been a pragmatic voter in the general elections, and to quote a good friend of mine "my hate is more than my love" when it comes to right wing Republicans who are up for (re)election. For Kerry's appearrance, we got there too late, and the auditorium was already full, so we milled around outside for a while. Despite the fact that it was cold and we couldn't get in to see Kerry, the crowd outside was really energized, and there was a lot of political chatter. It, along with the level of support I have seen for candidates such as Kucinich, has reminded me that I am living in a state with a lot of progressives. A state where Paul Wellstone overcame the "he's too liberal" blitz from his opponents to be elected to Senate twice. And who knows how the election would have gone if his plane hadn't crashed -- I try not to think about it too much because it makes me depressed that we have Norm Coleman as our senator instead. Anyways, I don't usually feel good about the politics around me. Most of the people I work with are fairly conservative, so I usually feel kind of uneasy letting my political opinions flow too freely.
Last week on Wednesday, I tried to go to see Kerry speak at Macalester College with my mom. I'm not actually planning to caucus for Kerry tomorrow, but I would not be at all unhappy if he's the Democratic candidate. I have always been a pragmatic voter in the general elections, and to quote a good friend of mine "my hate is more than my love" when it comes to right wing Republicans who are up for (re)election. For Kerry's appearrance, we got there too late, and the auditorium was already full, so we milled around outside for a while. Despite the fact that it was cold and we couldn't get in to see Kerry, the crowd outside was really energized, and there was a lot of political chatter. It, along with the level of support I have seen for candidates such as Kucinich, has reminded me that I am living in a state with a lot of progressives. A state where Paul Wellstone overcame the "he's too liberal" blitz from his opponents to be elected to Senate twice. And who knows how the election would have gone if his plane hadn't crashed -- I try not to think about it too much because it makes me depressed that we have Norm Coleman as our senator instead. Anyways, I don't usually feel good about the politics around me. Most of the people I work with are fairly conservative, so I usually feel kind of uneasy letting my political opinions flow too freely.
