Posted by wilson46201 on December 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
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For once I may agree with Wilson. I think it is a positive if there are multiple candidates. So long as the run a respectful campaign it will bring attention to the race. That is a good thing.
Now if they just bicker at each other, that is another thing.
Tough to agree with Wilson on anything, but I’m sure that similar to the US 5th primary, someone is the beneficiary of more candidates … I would have to guess it’s Stutzman, but I’m biased since I support him. Who do you think is most benefited by adding more candidates? Oh, and I heard yesterday that log cabin, big business, and the old Uni-Gov types are ticked that they don’t have a niche candidate in the race … watch for more?
I would argue that whoever wins the Republican Primary will benefit by a larger field–once again, so long as it doesn’t become a bare knuckle primary. The reason is that ANY of them start with a name recognition problem as compared to Bayh. A primary helps with the name recognition. It needs to be early enough to make a difference. Without a contested primary that publicity happens in the last two weeks before the election, which I think is far too late.
I would like to see all of the candidates run to see who can most effectively show Sen Bayh to be the liberal that he is. That will be a good primary.
(The 5th is a no brainer as to who benefits from a large field, but the dynamic in the two races is far different)
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For once I may agree with Wilson. I think it is a positive if there are multiple candidates. So long as the run a respectful campaign it will bring attention to the race. That is a good thing.
Now if they just bicker at each other, that is another thing.
Tough to agree with Wilson on anything, but I’m sure that similar to the US 5th primary, someone is the beneficiary of more candidates … I would have to guess it’s Stutzman, but I’m biased since I support him. Who do you think is most benefited by adding more candidates? Oh, and I heard yesterday that log cabin, big business, and the old Uni-Gov types are ticked that they don’t have a niche candidate in the race … watch for more?
I would argue that whoever wins the Republican Primary will benefit by a larger field–once again, so long as it doesn’t become a bare knuckle primary. The reason is that ANY of them start with a name recognition problem as compared to Bayh. A primary helps with the name recognition. It needs to be early enough to make a difference. Without a contested primary that publicity happens in the last two weeks before the election, which I think is far too late.
I would like to see all of the candidates run to see who can most effectively show Sen Bayh to be the liberal that he is. That will be a good primary.
(The 5th is a no brainer as to who benefits from a large field, but the dynamic in the two races is far different)
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