Professional opinion haver Scott Lehigh is sad because his candidate did not do well today. Consequently Lehigh attacks not just the 3 remaining candidates, but the conventions, which was “disorganized” and “unproductive.”
I think we can expect to hear a great deal more of this going forward, so if you like just get that part out of the way now by reading Lehigh’s little snit and skipping whatever comes next.
PS Guess who is the only candidate he quotes. Really.
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Lehigh, that is. This line got quite a bit of applause:
At the time I thought it was a shot at Grossman, but seeing it in print I think it refers to both Coakley and Grossman. Kayyem had real fire yesterday, but she probably should have brought that out sooner.
To Lehigh’s point about disorganization — he has a point there.
I wasn’t at the convention this year. Will Rogers’ epigram comes to mind.
Somehow I doubt Lehigh would be such a process critic if his candidate had done a better job for herself.
There is a reality to this Convention (as well as past Dem ones) – we rely on volunteers for the Senate District counting. These volunteers do a great job within the context of dealing with aggressive campaign whips, getting delegates attention in loud, crowded halls, dealing with the Delegate vs Alternate check-ins and giving up their own time over two days to support the grassroots of the party.
Yes it’s messy and often a tad disorganized but they get it right in the end.
The alternative would be paid staff that is trained and returns each nominating convention. However, I suspect that would increase the costs to Delegates and limit who could afford to participate.
Me – I’ll take a bit of disorganization to keep the grassroots of the party involved.
The fact that we’re scribbling on binders in 2014 is hilarious. Hold off on running a single tv spot in November, and buy 40 Chromebooks already.
Glad we had the old-fashioned paper as system of record…
That’s not say that a better electronic voting system couldn’t be rented. We used a good one at our representative town meeting this year. Each TMM had a numbered keypad response device with roll calls and votes recorded/displayable by number and name. I suppose the fear could be that someone could leave early and give his or her device to a fellow delegate to use. Controls would be needed for that. The downside is that these systems are expensive even on the much smaller scale of our TM.
I don’t know what the back end was like, but it felt primitive from the user interface. We submitted votes as they were cast without regard for who was casting them. We hit a submit button, and the screen refreshed. Eventually, it froze. Some sort of app that cashes on the iPad and transmits data at the conclusion of the tally would have been a better solution.