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(Continued from Part 2)
I’m writing this just after learning that Mayor Pete has suspended his presidential campaign. That’s sad news for me, but understandable after recent results from the South Carolina primary and Super Tuesday polls. I like to think that Pete decided to do this in part so as to not split moderate voters with Biden. I hope Amy Klobuchar does the same.
This final story from my days driving for Pete in Las Vegas seems more
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(Continued from Part 1)
After my near-miss bump into Joe Biden at The Paris, I headed back to my motel, The Downtowner, located in an old part of Las Vegas that is various stages of decay and redevelopment. I enjoyed staying in this part of the city, away from the bright lights and artificial architecture of The Strip, easy walking distance from good restaurants, many of the buildings decorated with street art murals. Walking away from town, Freemont
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I’m not sure how it happened, but I was given the opportunity to be a driver for Pete Buttigieg’s campaign team in Las Vegas. I had originally volunteered to canvass neighborhoods in advance of the primary caucus but received an email
I started my volunteer work for Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaign in Nevada on Saturday by canvassing a working-class neighborhood in East Las Vegas. I arrived at the local campaign office on Charleston Street early Saturday morning and received a
…I’m writing for this blog again.
I hope I’ll be able to get into a habit of writing and posting regularly. I failed at my last attempt doing this and haven’t posted anything for over a year, although I did keep up pretty well with my sailing blog until I completed The Voyage last August.
Before resuming writing for this blog, I asked myself, “Why do it? Why try again? What is the purpose?” Is it to just
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My reaction to Trump being elected president was pretty extreme. I was so shocked and horrified, I felt compelled to do something about it, something big. So, I decided to run for president myself, a Quixotic venture that I put on hold after a few months of exploration. I have since been spending my time observing and studying the nation’s politics. My shock and horror has turned into grave concern. I remain compelled to do something,
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