The Chris Moeller Archives

Autumn thoughts

Isn't it a kick to watch the World Series with a pair of fresh, unfamiliar teams on the diamond? Having Game 1 start on a Wednesday night was a great idea. There's a cold rain falling in Des Moines tonight and the conditions are perfect for baseball watchin' on the tube. I'm betting we're in for a terrific, extended series this year.

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The CM legislative campaign rolls on. It's reaching a level I wasn't sure it could. Last night, I participated in a public forum sponsored by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, and I thought it went great. The people were engaged and persistent in their questioning of the candidates. There were about 50 people in attendance, and I got to meet my opponent for the first time. The topics were tailor-made for the Moeller Campaign-- public financing of elections, universal health coverage, mandating a living wage, and local control over large-scale hog lots. (Favor, Favor, Favor, Favor). And I don't regret for a minute my decision to couple each of my answers with a recently-perfected voice impression of Sarah Palin.

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Check us out at http://www.standingforvoters.org/. In response to the disenfranchisement of voters in Florida and Ohio in recent cycles, I've pledged to my supporters that if defeated, I'll wait until all votes are counted before conceding to my opponent. After Florida's rigged election in 2000, Al Gore conceded defeat and conceded to an orchestrated right-wing attack on voter rights despite reports and claims by many of his supporters that voter rolls had been purged, votes had not been counted, ballots had been disqualified on technicalities, and that voting machine ballots had not been clear. It was the beginning of eight years of capitulation to George W. Bush. "Now the political struggle is over," Gore proclaimed in his concession speech in 2000. For Democrats, it seems it was.

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I had the chance this week to meet this remarkable woman.

posted by CM @ 9:21 PM