Colorado's 2nd Congressional District race - help me, please

[momophile]

Race between Joan Fitz-Gerald and Jared Polis. I'm a delegate and will need to be making my decision soon. I'm taking this very seriously and met both of them today at meet-and-greets. I still like both of them, they are similar on paper, Joan has more experience, Jared has a lot of energy, and although I am leaning toward Joan, I'd like to hear more.

Several opinions of Jared already in the Colorado forum in another thread, but I'd like more.

Anyone?

[blondie58]

1. I was supposed to be a delegate, also but

I recently had to take off work for rotator cuff surgery and my annual leave (which I would have to take, as I work Saturdays) is rapidly depleting, so I told them that I couldn't attend it and they should get an alternate.

I like Joan Fitz-Gerald. She came and spoke at our state union convention in Greeley last summer (NALC Branch #47) and I was really impressed by her. She is one smart lady.

Now Jared Polis, I have a personal dislike for. Not because he is openly gay, that doesn't matter, but because of a scathing letter to the editor that he wrote a few years ago about how the Post Office should be broken up, being such a monopoly or something along those lines. To me, that is more like Republican speak.

I am a postal worker and take a lot of pride in my company. If we didn't have universal mail service, you can be sure that mail or packages to extremely rural areas of our country would be outrageously expensive, if not nil. He is also the sun of Stephen Schultz and Susan Polis-Schultz, whose lovely books embellished my early adult years back in the late seventies, early eighties. I have deep respect for them, they founded Blue Mountain Arts and have done a lot of good in general. I honestly don't know much else about him, but I was surprised to find out that he was a Democrat, as he always seemed more like a Republican to me.

I am curious to see what anyone else says about him. I admit that I formed an opinion about him that has not changed, but I am always open.

[momophile]

2. sorry to hear you can't make it to be a delegate

I'm still making up my mind on the two candidates and as I wrote, there are things to like about both of them. I read that Polis would like to be a gay man sitting next to Musgrave in Congress - I love that. He also has a lot of good endorsements.

Joan has good endorsements too and she seems like a real fighter. At the meet-and-greet she asked us to look back to see how Colorado has changed over the last few years while she was president of the senate. She has also represented a lot of the same constituents as a state senator that she would represent at the national level.

I keep making up my own mind over and over again. As I said, I am leaning toward Joan. Still, if there is more to be said about either one, I'd like to hear it. I have yet to find a good balanced comparison of them online.

[blondie58]

3. LOL a gay man sitting next to Musgrave

maybe he could open her eyes and teach her something. She is one Repub that I would like to see go. My boyfriend lives in Greeley, so I keep an eye on the news up there and it does seem to be changing into more of a purple.

I am really bummed about not being able to go. I have always voted, but the Bush administration was the catalyst for my current interest in politics. This year was the first caucus that I have ever attended and I thought that it was great!

Have fun though, and give us a report afterwards, if you have time.

[bobbolink]

4. Is everything this year about image rather than substance?

"First Woman President"

"First Black President"

"Gay Man Sitting Next To Musgrave"

Could we pleeeeez be substantive?

Is our state and nation worth a bit more seriousness?

[bobbolink]

5. I"m not intimately familiar, but I know that Joan Fitz-Gerald is the only state

legislator will to stand up for non-smokers right to health living conditions in multi-unit housing.

For some of us, this is literally a life/death issue!

She was the only one even willing to talk to us, and take a stand.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

6. For whom are you a delegate?

[momophile]

7. Obama nt

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. Did you not apportion Congressional delegates at your caucus?

I'm seriously asking.

We apportioned state senate candidate delegates, but since our Congressional candidate's an incumbent, she doesn't have a primary opponent, so no apportionment done. But that's District 1.

My first time caucusing, so please bear with the silly question. :toast:

[momophile]

9. we did not.

we ran out of time and were being kicked out of the building. so all of the delegates for Obama and Clinton were asked if they would show up to the County Assembly as well as the County Convention (same day, same place, right after the other).

so we were all uncommitted for the CD-2 race. in fact, reading Boulder County Dem's webpage, I guess there are no delegates for the race.

I too am new at this so I don't totally understand it all.:toast: