Well, folks, any reactions to the op-ed in today's Inquirer by one Mr. Michael Nutter? He's said all along that the perfect place for his primary opponents would be exactly where they were at the time - Brady and Fattah in the majority in Congress, Evans in the majority in the State House and Knox with more money than a majority of the rest of us.
If you're a Nutter supporter, are you unhappy that he went out of his way to jump to the chairman's defense, especially given all of the "new day" rhetoric that he's been using so often at events like the Great Expectations convention? Or are you confident that Nutter can keep the "patronage is good" side of Brady in check while exploiting the congressman's clout in DC by giving him this type of public praise?
Who was this op-ed intended to reach? Brady and his supporters? Or was it an attempt to convince Nutter's supporters that the "new day" can still dawn with Brady around?
What's the first thing that could happen that would convince you that the old way of doing things - getting services out of the city by calling a committeeman or ward leader, choosing elected officials based on service to party rather than qualifications and service to the community - are over?
Fire away in the comments.
(edited to add) YPP started a similar discussion based on this op-ed. There are plenty of good comments that attempt to interpret Nutter's motives and Brady's potential reaction.
Comments (5)
Vibe I received. Nutter is spending unnecessary energy and is afraid of the - CLOUT.
Brady
Evans
Fattah
Knox
And not truly his own man.
Nutter is imitative and has supporters that plan on doing him in on a New Day in a New Way :-)
Posted by Jasper Zeigler Jr | December 5, 2007 3:20 PM
Its not Brady the Congressman I have a problem with. Its Brady the head of the local Democratic party I have a problem with.
Posted by Patricio | December 5, 2007 3:40 PM
Never thought I'd see the day. Also say I agree with patricio.
On a different note, it's been a month and we've only seen 6 public hires? What's going on? Don't they have a huge number of positions to fill?
Posted by Goose | December 5, 2007 3:52 PM
It's hard to hire good people in Philly. I wish them luck.
Posted by Anonymous | December 6, 2007 1:41 PM
Amy kurland will indict L & I -that's refreshing! Se ya hacks.
Posted by Here come da judge | December 7, 2007 10:57 PM