| | I am very excited for tomorrow because it is the first ever caucus for Nebraska Democrats! I have been debating for weeks now on who to support and have been trying to avoid the media on the candidates and did a bunch of research and reading on my own and have made my choice on Obama. I think Hillary’s stance on No Child Left Behind helped kick me over the edge… (OK and many other issues, but those that know me well know my strong feelings about that piece of legislation…)
Anyway, I am all about people making their own decisions and making informed choices when it comes to politics and not just following the popular candidate or registering Republican (OK, or Democrat) just because their parents are, or instantly hating a candidate because of who they are married to with out looking to see if you may or may not agree with them on the issues. I am obviously a Democrat and liberal, but I have decided on the party on my own by reading about the candidates on both sides and seeing who I agree with the most and how important those issues are to me. I don’t care who you support or if you do decide to actually be a republican, as long as you made the decision on your own and looked at all your choices.
This year in addition to actually going to the candidates web pages like I always do, I found a great web site that is easy to use and read and understand that helped me lots and wanted to encourage everyone to check it out. It is http://www.politicalbase.com/ I really liked the grid feature of the candidates and their stance on the issues. I even did some cross checking to make sure they were reporting the candidates positions and the issues correctly and I found no discrepancies in what I looked at. It also seemed like they did a good job and a neutral job discussing the issues and the pros and cons. I highly recommend everyone go check it out, and my Nebraska friends should do it now! Especially the Democrats!
Democrats go to your caucus tomorrow! DO IT! Support your choice, whoever your pick, but go out and do it! And republicans, check out the Democrats, you may like what you see, and if you do, go caucus! You register there and change your party and still participate, AND you can switch back to being a Republican before the primary too! Oh, and Democrats, we still get to vote in the primary, so make sure to do both this year! This is a chance for everyone to make their voice heard and to take part in our political system, this is history for the state, don’t you want to be part of it?
Jodie
Find your location and info here:
http://www.nebraskademocrats.org/
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