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Post by Tim Collins on May 8, 2009 14:59:07 GMT -7
I've been listening to The Hector Sector this week, and a number of times he has stated that some of the people running for Mayor really should have started by running for City Council instead of jumping right to the top spot.
Some callers have said What about Obama? He has replied well he was a Senator, and for some reason used President Obama having given a Major Convention speech as an explanation of how he had paid his dues and worked his way to the top of the ticket.
My question is - do you agree that a politician has to work his way up the ladder through elected offices? Does this really provided the "required" experience to hold an office? Do you have to hold lower positions first?
If so why? If not why not?
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Post by rosa on May 10, 2009 7:21:56 GMT -7
wouldn't it kind of depend on why you are running in the first place?
if you're running at the request of a particular lobbying group or for personal gain, rather than to serve the citizenry, then I guess it wouldn't matter much....
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Post by rosa on May 10, 2009 7:26:26 GMT -7
I guess my answer is "no"
you can be completely new to the scene, run a campaign that gets you elected and do a great job once you're in, the "OJT" way....or not
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you can win, backed by lots of money and political cache, do a really lousy job in the position (except in the area of "representing" your interested parties), and you can keep winning time after time
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you could be really good or really bad and still win...
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