Comments on: Space entrepreneur running for Congress http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/05/14/space-entrepreneur-running-for-congress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=space-entrepreneur-running-for-congress Because sometimes the most important orbit is the Beltway... Wed, 17 Sep 2014 13:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Joe Dunham http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/05/14/space-entrepreneur-running-for-congress/#comment-347650 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:42:45 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4702#comment-347650 Of course he’s got to mention it…it’s good PR. :)

]]> By: DCSCA http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/05/14/space-entrepreneur-running-for-congress/#comment-346201 Mon, 16 May 2011 21:01:01 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4702#comment-346201 @Gary Anderson wrote @ May 16th, 2011 at 1:49 pm

Not a chance in that part LA for any Republican.

]]> By: Gary Anderson http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/05/14/space-entrepreneur-running-for-congress/#comment-346188 Mon, 16 May 2011 17:49:57 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4702#comment-346188 “Eisele, though, faces a major challenge in the election: the district, which includes many of the South Bay communities in the Los Angeles area from Venice Beach to San Pedro, is heavily Democratic. Given the open nature of the primary, that will make it difficult for any Republican, let alone a relatively unknown newcomer like Eisele, to get enough votes to move on to the July runoff.”

Kudos to all those who jumped into the fray. That is being what a citizen of the United States is all about. In 1994, In the Massachusetts 2nd congressional, Neal (D) MA-02, I managed a no-name challenger, John Briare, campaign, where in Massachusetts you need 2,000 ‘certified’ resident voter district signatures (party affiliation matters and ‘unenrolled” (independents) count). We amassed 4,200 raw signatures and scored 3,600 certified. The Secretary of State’s office only allowed us to submit 2,400, for comfort. A monumental effort in a democratic district of Massachusetts, a Republican and pro-life candidate. Needless to say, 17 years later, I am typing here. :) But we had fun, we were that pesky fly that wouldn’t leave Neal’s head. :)

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/05/14/space-entrepreneur-running-for-congress/#comment-346177 Mon, 16 May 2011 14:59:21 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4702#comment-346177 Jeff, I think you mean “party” affiliation, right? Also, if anyone gets a majority of the vote, they win outright, and there will be no runoff. I suspect that my next representative will be long-time state representative, senator and Secretary of State Debra Bowen, either tomorrow or in July, after a runoff with Janice Hahn.

]]> By: DCSCA http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/05/14/space-entrepreneur-running-for-congress/#comment-346121 Sat, 14 May 2011 20:48:21 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4702#comment-346121 It’s my ex-district, thank God, and “the South Bay communities in the Los Angeles area from Venice Beach to San Pedro, is heavily Democratic.” is an accurate description. Fast becoming bilingual as well. Much of the aviation industry of any consequence is long gone from there.

]]> By: Rand Simberg http://www.spacepolitics.com/2011/05/14/space-entrepreneur-running-for-congress/#comment-346113 Sat, 14 May 2011 18:33:45 +0000 http://www.spacepolitics.com/?p=4702#comment-346113 That’s my district. Doesn’t it depend on how many Democrats run and split the vote?

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