Aarrgghh!!

Philadelphia Mayor 2007

I'm trying to wrap my mind around the mayor's race for 2007. It's especially important since the primary is in May, and baring some sort of political miracle, the Democratic Primary is the mayor's race.

I haven't seen a good breakdown of the candidates. I've read individual voices denigrate the candidates, but they tend to be strongly opinionated already. I have no strong opinions, just vague ones.

So, I'm looking at the candidates and trying to figure out for whom to cast my vote. I figured I would share my process with anyone who was interested. I'd also point out, that it's very likely that I'm an idiot. So feel free to point that out.

I started, where all intellectual endeavors of the late Noughts start, Wikipedia: 2007 Philadelphia Mayoral Election.

The candidates:

• Bob Brady
• Dwight Evans
• Chaka Fattah
• Tom Knox
• Michael Nutter

General Impressions

Bob Brady - Vaguely against - I associate him with the whole shady machine town Philly. I have no reason for doing so, it might be completely unfair, but there you have it.

Dwight Evans - Neutral - Who the hell is Dwight Evans?

Chaka Fattah - Neutral - Nothing bad to say, but I feel like he's really good at winning his (my district) but that's all I know about him. Oh and his wife is Renee Chenault-Fattah.

Tom Knox - Vaguely against - This guy started TV commercials early and often. That says to me he's rich and a long shot.

Michael Nutter - Vaguely for - I think the phrase "policy wonk, but no charisma." I don't know where I got it. I think I absorbed it off a blog somewhere.

Actual Research

I'm going to do each of these candidates in more detail. I will do so alphabetically and separately. Expect more later.

April 11, 2007 Posted by Terrence Ryan at 1:34 AM

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