One comment: if you are sick and tired of abusive and insulting Democrat campaigns in Philadelphia, I would encourage you to change your registration to Independent.

You didn't answer your own question.

But I guess we can safely assume that you're not a Democrat, nik....

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Independent.

How does changing your party affliation rid the city of "abusive and insulting Democrat campaigns" in Philly? Wouldn't it just give me LESS say since I couldn't vote in any primaries?

Actually, it seems to me that the best strategy is to register back and forth between Democrat & Republican based on which party has the more significant/interesting/hotly contested primary race going.

In the interim, as a statement, you could then switch back to Independent. Of course, this would be a whole lot of relatively pointless paperwork, so most people just stick with whatever they've got. But I will definitely switch depending on the given year/race. Loyalty to a party is a ridiculous concept.

Many states allow Independents to vote in the primary. Some allow Reps to vote in a Dem primary and vise-versa.

I'm all for every Rep switching to Dem for the primary and voting for Sharpton, then switching back to Rep to vote for Bush in a Bush/Sharpton shakedown, I mean showdown.

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Jason
Lynn Swann 06'

"Individualism is absent when other peoples' standards, not reality and reason, are ones primary guide."

democrat for katz.

how much does it really matter when voting for mayor? i'm a democrat because of social and international opinions that are unaffected by the mayor. what i want for philly is a creative leader with a heart and a good fiscal policy.

what drove me crazy about this election was that some democrats thought that philly having a republican mayor would affect the president's re-election: news flash--truly sorry-- it's going to happen anyhow.

I was also a Democrat for Katz. The move to tie him in with the national party was evil genius by Street, but not true at all. I do not think that the reelection of Bush is by any means for certain however Kate. Be more optimistic.
Gene

actually, i spoke to a few democrats who believe they drew their own conclusions about the inevitable impact a republican mayor would have on the presidentail election. they also believe that a republican mayor wouldn't be able to move an inch in city council, or in harrisburg, and would therefore be ineffective. don't get me wrong, i voted for sam despite their confidence on the topic, but i don't think those aspects of their democrat defense were part of street's campaign: people already believed it.

who will beat george w?

Harrisburg? You know that our state senate and house is Rep controled, don't you?

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Jason
Lynn Swann 06'

"Individualism is absent when other peoples' standards, not reality and reason, are ones primary guide."