Thursday, January 27, 2011

The De Facto Democratic Primary

The best laid plans of mice and men ...

And speaking of mice, Joe Morelle's really ticked off.   By running for Mayor, former Mayor Bill Johnson not only throws a wrench into Morelle's brutish orchestration of a Democratic convention meant as a coronation for Tom Richards.  

If Johnson doesn't win at the Democratic convention and goes on to run in the Special Election, what he's done, effectively, is to turn the Special Election into a Democratic Primary.

That's exactly what Joe Morelle wanted to avoid.   Wanted to avoid so badly, he was willing not merely to create all the upheaval and chaos in City government in recent weeks, but to weather the embarrassment and ridicule that came with it.

Boy, when things go wrong ...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Channel 13 reports that the Richards Campaign did not allow him to make any public comment...only a released written statement....only King Joe was allowed to speak...too funny...

Anonymous said...

It is getting a little scary to contemplate life under Mayor Richards. There is something really odd about the way he so tightly controls everything, and everybody. I can't believe Morelli is the guy behind the curtain; there is no history of Morelli successfully pulling anything like that off. Richards, on the other hand, has a long history of back room dealings that benefit Richards. I'm starting to feel uncomfortable with the guy.