A nicely-written article with just a touch of snark about Sohum culture.
Again, I don’t trust polling in a district like this, but assuming they are even close to accurate, it does appear that the Republican Dan Roberts is the favored not-Huffman to win the runoff spot – if there is a run-off. Although registered Republicans are in the minority, perhaps to an extreme, he probably starts with a minimal 20 percent of solid base votes. That will make it tough for any of the progressive alternative candidates to break into second place, especially if they are fracturing the progressive not-Huffman vote. And the more pragmatic prominent Republicans are probably going to back Huffman, since Roberts probably doesn’t stand much of a chance in November no matter how many progressive positions he takes. In this election, the R by the name will be a disqualifying factor for most voters.
I think it’s time for a poll. This is hardly scientific, but it will give an idea of where Humboldt County progressives are leaning.
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January 23, 2012 at 11:07 am
Eric Kirk
Ooops! Sorry Fred, but when I zapped the old post to “fix” the poll, your posts went with it. Feel free to repost.
January 23, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Fred Mangels
Probably not worth reposting the whole thing. All I’ll repost is Anybody but Huffman!
January 23, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Eric Kirk
Fred – even someone well to the left of Huffman?
January 23, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Fred Mangels
Yep. Even some fringe nutcase lefty. I think that might be in the best interests of liberty. I won’t elaborate on that now.
That assumes, as I do, that Dan Roberts has little chance of beating Huffman.
January 23, 2012 at 11:21 pm
Bruce Ross
” … if there’s a runoff.”
The new open-primary system is more or less like a county supervisor’s election — a nonpartisan vote with the top two going to a runoff.
Unlike the county system, though, there’s always a runoff (unless, I suppose there’s only one candidate). You can’t win in June even if you get 80 percent of the vote.
At last count there were about 17.2 million California. I think 17.1 million are confused about the new rules.
January 24, 2012 at 12:08 am
Anonymous
I support Norman but he has to lighten up!
January 24, 2012 at 9:04 am
Anonymous
How retarted could the whole thing have been? How much time wasted on questions like “what do you tink of corporate personhood.” How about “does anybody really think that’s a good idea? If so speak your peace or we’ll move on to more important matters.”
Nothing even close to “Dear candidates, with the world’s fresh water resources in very real jeopardy, and Humboldt already outsourcing this most precious commodity, how do you feel about exporting even more of this county’s fresh water, from rapidly drying river and creeks, to other areas of the state including your permament places of residence?”
Nothing even close to “What types of infrastructure do you want and not want to see be the focus within remaining rural areas of california like Humboldt?”
etc. etc. pussyfoot reporters, pussy candidates most of them already shaking hands with money in sac. People hooked on the left/right lib/conserv. dem/repub indy/etc. bullshit tabloid news fodder of the day thanks to blog brains and half assed newspapers.
Wake the fuck up, the shit is about to hit the fan in the next few years, as in world wide emergency. The environment is parched and taxed, yet population growth is still exploding while profiteers bank on more people to secure their fortune over ours.
January 24, 2012 at 9:35 am
Anonymous
yep.
January 24, 2012 at 9:37 am
Anonymous
Instead of debate, it should be called “showcase”.
January 24, 2012 at 5:59 pm
Eric Kirk
Well clearly Norman Thomas is winning the Sohum Parlance primary!
I bet his team is doing handstands.
January 24, 2012 at 6:00 pm
Eric Kirk
Ooops! Norman Solomon. Norman Thomas is dead.
January 25, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Anonymous
No votes for Andy?
January 26, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Eric Kirk
Maybe he would have fared better if I had spelled his name right. Unfortunately, I can’t edit it now without erasing all the votes.
January 26, 2012 at 7:58 pm
pathetic actually
I’m sure he’d have gotten votes if you hadn’t added an E to his name…
February 3, 2012 at 11:01 am
Eric Kirk
The results are in. Norman Solomon has won the Parlance Primary!