Here are the choices you'll have on February 19, chosen today by the Presidential Preference Selection Committee:
Biden, Clinton, Dodd, Edwards, Gravel, Kucinich, Obama, and Richardson
(Since this is, after all, Democratic Underground, I won't list the candidates from the other party, but they are the ones you'd expect. See
http://blogs.jsonline.com/allpoliticswatch /)
In case you're interested, here's the procedure:
The Committee consists of eleven (11) members: the President and minority leader of the State Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the Assembly or their designees, the State Chairs of the Democratic and Republican Parties, and one national committeeman and national committeewoman from each party designated by the state chairs.
The first order of business for the Committee is to select an additional member to chair the meeting. It is expected that the committee will select David Anstaett, who serves as the nonpartisan member of the State Elections Board, to serve as chair.
The Committee is charged with selecting those individuals whose candidacy is generally advocated or recognized in the national news media throughout the United States for placement on the presidential primary ballot. The Committee may also add the names of other individuals.
Candidates who are not selected may circulate a petition to appear on the ballot. They must gather at least 8,000 signatures, 1,000 from each of the State’s Congressional Districts, no later than January 2, 2008. Candidates selected for the ballot by the Committee have until January 2, 2008 to withdraw their names from the ballot.
On February 19, 2008, Wisconsin voters will have the opportunity to express their preference for a presidential candidate. In the Presidential Preference Primary, an elector may vote on the ballot of only one political party. The elector may choose to vote by one of the following methods:
• Vote for one of the persons whose names are printed on the ballot; or
• Vote for an uninstructed delegation from Wisconsin to the national convention of the party; or
• Write in the name of another person to become the presidential candidate of the party.
http://elections.state.wi.us/docview.asp?d... Yes, our esteemed chair Joe W. was there, along with our leading legislators and our national committee members Sen. Lena Taylor (candidate for Milwaukee County Executive) and Jason Rae (a junior at Marquette and a member of the DNC since he was 17, already a force to be reckoned with in the party).
