One of the most disappointing aspects of the preliminary election 'season' was the debate that never was. The disappointment was two-fold: that the voters would not have the opportunity to hear, simultaneously, from all of the candidates and that Trane and Ballantyne were willing to renege on their prior agreement to appear.
In hindsight (based on the lopsided preliminary election results) we can see some justification for the arrogant way in which Trane and Ballantyne chose to dismiss the upstart from Powderhouse Boulevard. After all (I suppose the thinking goes), why risk embarrassing one's self to debate a candidate who is not going to be a factor in the race?
I hope that in the weeks to come before the November 8th election there will be a debate between the two surviving candidates. Further, I hope that the host (Joe Lynch) and moderators (Jillian Fennimore and Danielle Dreilinger) will serve in those capacities again. I would also like to see one addition to the debate board: spurned candidate Joan Whitney Puglia.
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I, too, hope there is a Trane/Ballantyne debate in the near future.
ReplyDeleteBut just to clarify the history of this, Ballantyne agreed to be in the original debate, so long as Trane was in the debate, which he initially agreed to. When Trane pulled out, she kept her word and pulled out as well. I know Trane would have preferred to see his two opponents sit at the political equivalent of the "kids table" and have at each other, but Katjana didn't fall for that. She and Puglia deserved to be on the same stage as Bob, but he refused.
She also hasn't fallen for 'the trap' of telling the voters what she would actually do if elected.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty cagey.