It's the Plaidder Primary Beauty Contest! Enter now to win!

[Plaid Adder]

OK, as I've said before, I haven't backed a horse yet. I'm starting to think about it. But I have made a solemn pledge to myself that these are characteristics that will NOT determine my position:

* tea-leaf reading about X candidate's "electability"
* Physical appearance and affect
* tie choice

No, instead I am starting, right here right now, my very own Democratic Primary Beauty Pageant. Here are the events:

1. PINK SLIP CONTEST

What's your candidate's plan for turning the economy around once Bush departs?

2. FORMAL WEAR

What does your candidate plan to do about the damage that the Bush administration has done to the structures that USED to protect our democracy?

3. EXIT INTERVIEW

How does your candidate plan to get us out of Iraq--AND Afghanistan--without leaving both places in worse shape than when we got there?

THE RULES:

1. Candidates who have no plan to accomplish one or more of these objectives are disqualified in advance.

2. Please do not just cut and paste boilerplate from your candidate's website or campaign materials. I want to see you communicate your candidate's position in your own words in a way that would be clear and comprehensible to the average uninformed but disaffected American voter.

3. Please refrain from attacking competing candidates' positions until you have made your own candidate's position clear. If you cannot make your own candidate's position clear without attacking another candidate's, that is a sign that your candidate has a problem.

4. Please wait until there is at least one post supporting each candidate on this thread before jumping in to eviscerate your candidate's competitors.

Let the games begin!

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

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