I think some of the candidates became discouraged by the agendas, behavior, and attacks of some of the posters.
From my perspective, I have enjoyed watching candidates abandon their alter egos and post under their real names once they entered the race. The tone change is quite interesting between prior to running and running.
makes things interesting. aside from the political ones, I love trying to figure out some general "alter egos" that come and go - and I know some of them are by very close friends! but I can't prove who it is, even if I can guess.
It sure does. Fyi, my sowal alter-alter-ego is Beauregard if I remember correctly, I just haven't used it yet. ;-)
George Wallace Smith -- does he really exist?
Johnson? Does he show up for anything? He failed to show up to support his $300,000 budget request. He failed to show at all of the Meet the Candidate's forums. No surprises that he doesn't show up here.
If we can just get a good balanced and fair format, it could be a great source for a paperless, plasticless, and litter-free "green" campaign.
We agree on costs but will disagree on the reasons for those who did not post. By the way Jones did not just campaign in the north - she campaigned heavily in Miramar. She also spent over 10 grand advertising in the NW Daily News.
She executed her plan to win very well, just as Adkinson did. Win North and rely on the southern voters to once again not turn out.
It was not the large field - add Sids votes and George wallace Smiths votes to Osborne and she still beat him - same for Hudson - they both needed a large turnout in the South - neither got the turnout.
Adkinson relied on Cooper to take the votes away from Johnson which he did.
All three campaigns were destined to fail due to southern voter apathy.[/quote]
You nailed it, Interested Girl!!