Silas Lee
Silas Lee
Silas Leewas a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Concord, Massachusetts, he pursued classical studies and graduated from Harvard University in 1784. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1793, 1797, and 1798...
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This is an unprecedented election. That's why there is so much of it we can't speculate on.
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Everything reflects the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the demographics of the city. That impacted how many white candidates perceive their political fortunes.
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What Katrina did was unmask many of the deep social, economic and racial divisions we have in this city. Now the issue of race is not just a political issue but an issue of which neighborhood is going to be rebuilt.
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You have two plans on the same track. And apparently they might collide, or will collide, at some point.
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Does he have the capacity to lead? Don't count me out of this mayor's race yet.
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It looks like this has some traction. Candidates are like sharks: When they smell blood, they will strike. And the sharks are definitely in the water now.
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It will be a whole new campaign for the runoff.
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They both need to enhance the momentum to increase the turnout.
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It's all between the ears of the listener. Those who are looking to use this as an opportunity to say, 'look, we should not support him,' they're going to use it. Those who are going to say, 'yes, he was speaking what needs to be said,' they're going to look at this as maybe a one time occurrence and sweep it under the rug.
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They're competing for a job that's essentially monumental rebuilding a destroyed city in an economically constricted environment.
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There's a lot of frustration. Whether or not all the incumbents get defeated, that is to be seen.
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Any time people are displaced, you lose a lot of institutional history and institutional leadership and we hear that many of those people may not return because they fear they will not be able to experience the same level of life. Once you lose that level of institutional leadership and institutional knowledge, it's not going to be replaced immediately and especially when you look at the fact that Katrina altered the demographics of New Orleans overnight.
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Thirty-eight percent is not a lot, but he's not dead.
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That exponentially increases the budget for this mayor's race.