Reply #1: I agree [View All]

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When a candidate is having their own event, a rally, etc., I think it's rude for another candidate to try and distract from that.

On the other hand, as you said, when there is a public event that some or all candidates are appearing at, then I have no problem with supporters of one of those candidates making a big show of it, giant signs, etc. As long as they are polite to the other candidates' supporters and the people attending, this is fair game. In your examples above, I would have no problem with Dean people being at the DC rally, but I would have a problem with them blocking the way at the Kerry speaking event.

I can't speak for all Dean supporters but I know that the campaign and the "core supporters" don't advocate disrupting another candidate's event. In fact recently someone posted on the Blog about a Clark rally somewhere, and how they should all show up with their own signs, and a bunch of people jumped on this guy and told him that it would be rude to get in the way of Clark's rally.