roll call
The political posturing in the party roll call is sometimes interesting. The major hubs have political figures needing to posture — governor Hochul gets her face, never mind how underperforming she is against the Democratic vote in New York. States have got their connections with Carter, Clinton, Obama — and I guess Massachusetts has moved on from Kennedy and Texas from Johnson — that state has Ann Richards to sell. Then there are states hovering in the mind as Republican bastions. Florida gets a “we are fighting back”. Idaho has a wisp of Libertarian Party pride of accomplishment in their “fighting back” declaration — a candidate in every legislative district! I do not know what to make of Utah — “the next battleground state” — the other states attempting the mantle are on former ground.
A number of the southern states can get in with dissertations of civil rights history. Important when you look at a barren party. I was curious to see what Tennessee was going to do. The speakers were those two kicked out of the legislature for bullhorn disruption. Cause celbres are what they got there. Wyoming plucked in the “first woman elected governor” — making sure to put in that she was a Democrat, which is not anything Montana can do when they put in “first congress-woman”.
Missouri seemed the most curiously cautious in addressing a political legacy. While other states pronounced proud Progressive political figures, their speaker told of “Moderates” like Eagleton and President Truman. And I guess the reason for this came in when they pumped up a Senate race “we will dump Josh Hawley”. It seems a thankless job at the moment — a d it is either to Hawley’s credit or not that he is acknowledging his Democratic opponent as though the opponent were within earshot in the race. I was curious here to see how Montana and Ohio — with the two incumbent Democratic Senators needing to run ahead and clearly ahead of Harris and not be tied to this race — would address their man. The show of political stature and partisan positioning differs from Brown and Tester. Ohio placed Brown into their spiel. Montana did not mention Tester.
And I guess in Oregon’s delegation loved them.some Modest Mouse. Washington’s attempt to put in NirvanaSoundGardenPearlJamAluceInChains must have gotten vetoed with a “this isn’t a nationally broadcast Seahawks game!”