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My blog buddy Above Average Jane has issued a challenge or asked a question, depending how you look at it.
We in the blogosphere write and comment a lot on what we want from candidates and elected officials. Things are seldom a one way street however; other than voting, what is our part of the bargain? What should we be doing during campaign season? If our candidates are elected, then what? Do we just sit around until the next election? I asked Joe Hoeffel this question in the most recent interview and he gave this answer
Q.: In the bargain between elected officials and voters, what are the responsibilities of each?A.: Great question with a simple answer. Voters must stay informed, and officials must stay honest.What do you think? Are we making a bargain with candidates? If so, what is our part? If you have your own blog and are interested, write on a posting on this topic sometime next week and let me know when your posting is up. I’ll compile a list of all of them on Friday. If you don't have your own blog, leave a comment on this or another participating blog. Let's see what we can come up with.
I'm working on my response. But if anyone wants to weigh in on this I will be happy to post it. Toss me an email or put it in the comments.
6 hours ago
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As a great blogger, I can tell you the bloggers usually rep many of the voters. Their job is to express their feelings or to expose truths not told directly by candidates - who should always be truthful and represent their constituents as they would want.
JOe Hoffel is Whipped by Ed Rendell
Ed convinved him to give up his seat to lose to Specter(they are freinds Whne he was the DA Specter gave Eddie a job and then Rendell took it from him. Rendell picked a weak candidate so Arlen can win knowing he would be bruised from Toomey.) The Rendell tells Joe Hoffel not to run and Hoffel stops his tour in the middle of his trip.
Some dude named Rouuseau wrote an entire book on this.
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