Independent Political Report

Originally published at Liberty for All:

First, the protagonists. I’ve divided them using James Oaksun’s coalition analysis.

Chair Hinkle – very long-time dominant coalition man; Project Archimedes advocate
Vice Chair Rutherford – dominant coalition; Root man
Secretary Mattson – dominant coalition
At-Large Sink-Burris – dominant coalition
At-Large Redpath – dominant coalition
At-Large Knedler – dominant coalition; Root man
Regional Rep Karlan – dominant coalition
Regional Rep Lark – dominant coalition
Regional Rep Wiener – dominant coalition
Regional Rep Flood – dominant coalition
Nolan – major Hinkle-for-Chair advocate; tagged by his endorsements.…