First off Obama event Monday at Cole Field House at the University of Maryland College Park. I probably won’t make it because I’m still considering taking Tuesday off for campaigning. If you can, RSVP here. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 10:30.
[Update: For those busy at their jobs, there’s an event with Michelle Obama at Chevy Chase High School Monday evening. Doors open 5 pm, event at 5:30. RSVP encouraged]
The Purple Line isn’t really at issue in these elections, so I don’t have any special insight on who to vote for. My Representative is Van Hollen and I think he does a pretty good job. His opponent is anti-Purple Line but she’s also not much of a threat.
I probably should have switched my registration so I could vote in the more competitive Al Wynn (incumbant) vs. Donna Edwards primary. I tend to agree with the Post’s endorsement of Edwards (via Yglesias).
Mr. Wynn has long touted what he regards as a pragmatic ability to work across partisan lines. We’re all for bipartisanship, but in Mr. Wynn’s case, too often his stances have been unthinking and out of step with his district’s interests. His vote to scrap the estate tax suggested he was indifferent to his own middle-class constituents. By flip-flopping on fuel-efficiency standards and opposing campaign finance reforms, he showed his contempt for clean air and clean government. And he seems scarcely aware of the import of his votes to permit federal courts to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case and to support a constitutional amendment banning flag-burning: granting federal courts a license to meddle in private affairs and cramping free speech.
I don’t tend to automatically follow the Post, but their argument is sound.
For fellow Montgomery County residents here’s the League of Women Voters Voters’ Guide. Basically a one stop shop for candidate information.
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