[Peace] vote tomorrow?

[Joe Futrelle]

If you listen to Topinka, she's saying that a vote for Whitney is a  
vote for *Blagojevich*. That the Republican gubernatorial candidate  
is making the reverse of the usual "spoiler" argument is really  
remarkable--I would *love* to see the internal polling data that led  
her campaign to adopt that tactic.

Vote peace!

--
Joe Futrelle
Prairie Green Party


On Nov 7, 2006, at 12:27 AM, Randall Cotton wrote:

> My take:
>
> I think Blagojevich will win, though maybe not by much. So I feel  
> it's "safe" to
> vote for Rich Whitney (Green). The Greens really need Rich to get  
> 5% (totally
> attainable) to make it easier to get on the ballot statewide in the  
> future.
>
> Democrats absolutely will win Attorney General, Comptroller and  
> Secretary of
> State, so it's "safe" to vote Green there as well (yes, Green  
> candidates are
> available for all three races).
>
> Treasurer might be a close race. Neither the Dem (Alexander  
> Giannoulias) or Rep
> (Christine Radogno) candidate stands out as particularly stellar or  
> particularly
> bad. The Treasurer mainly just invests state funds, doesn't really  
> factor much
> into state legislation or policy. There is a Green candidate (Dan  
> Schlorff).
>
> Gill over Johnson, of course (no Green candidate).
>
> I think Naomi Jakobsson has a lock on her seat. So I think it's  
> "safe" to vote
> for Tom Abrams (Green).
>
> The outcome for State Senator, though, (Mike Frerichs (D) vs Judy  
> Myers (R))
> seems quite uncertain. A lot of money is being poured into that  
> race. Joe
> Parnarauskis (Socialist Equality Party) is running. Joe is an  
> absolutely stellar
> guy. This one is a tough call.
>
> Vote yes on the City of Champaign Township tax increase (else aid  
> to the poorest
> of the poor could be drastically cut). The referendum wording makes  
> no mention
> of the actual purpose of the funds, so I'm worried.
>
> Vote NO on retaining judges (just to keep them honest, they'll all  
> be retained
> anyway).
>
> County Board, I've only looked at my district (7). Mark Randall is an
> arch-conservative, but the Democrat (Carrie Melin) didn't campaign  
> much. Kostas
> Yfantis is running for the Greens. I'm worried about the outcome.
>
> Mark Shelden (R) will win County Clerk, but I will vote for Michael  
> Richards (D)
> (No Green candidate).
>
> Everything else is uncontested (at least on my Champaign District 2  
> ballot).
>
> R
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wendy Edwards" <wedwards at uiuc.edu>
> To: <sparenti at uiuc.edu>
> Cc: <peace at lists.chambana.net>; <brandon at ojctech.com>;  
> <chyn at ojctech.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 11:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Peace] vote tomorrow?
>
>
> : This is just my opinion:
> :
> : Biggest problems with straight Democratic ticket -> Blagojevich for
> : governor, and some people you know may be running as Greens
> :
> : Biggest problems with straight Green ticket -> They're not running
> : anyone for U.S. House, and David Gill (the Dem's candidate) is
> : a really decent guy.
> :
> : So I'd say read up on who's running and vote for individual
> : candidates.
> :
> : Wendy
> :
> : On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 11:03:52PM -0600, sparenti at uiuc.edu wrote:
> : > Help!--me, and a bunch of other people who have called me up,  
> want to know--
> : > if someone votes straight Democratic tomorrow, what would that  
> damage?
> : >
> : > I know there is the importance of the people running for Green  
> proposals;
> : > but, other than that---?
> : > susan, and other puzzled worried people
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