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  1. Pablo was right:

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    Most important, the primary is February 5, and there’s very little time to get a campaign up, running, and into the victory lane.

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    p>I’d say it’s Theilman’s to lose at this point.

  2. Both candidates’ statements indicate that they attempted but were unable to get the required signatures. Perhaps I quibble here but that isn’t “dropping out of a race”, that is failing to qualify for a run.

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    p>People tend to under-estimate what it takes to collect 150 registered voters’ signatures. Signature collection is a legit first test of a campaign and a candidate.

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    p>To be fair to the candidates who qualified and met that first test, seems we should be upfront about potential candidates failing to qualify rather then being polite about dropping out.

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    p>(and yes they could run on stickers so you can claim they dropped out. But how real is a campaign that can’t interest 150 registered voters to just sign their names?)  

    • WHERE:  Sons of Italy Lodge, 19 Prentis Road, Arlington
             781 643 4255

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      p>WHEN:  Friday, January 4, 2007 from 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

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      p>Be there or be square!

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