Why not? I have been corresponding with a number of people on the Udall Act. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison's health aide sounds more positive , probably due more to PAN than us , but every little bit counts. Nita William Heitman wrote: > Is there such a thing as "the sense of the list"? If there is, I want to > appeal to it that we ought to at least investigate the following: > > The presidential race has barely started to heat up. > This might be a good time for us to get involved. What candidate wouldn't > want to befriend 1,800 (or however many) intelligent, connected, stay at home > individuals with time on their hands all of whom vote? > One approach to this: > > Invite all of the candidates to address the list via e-mail. Whether we want > to suggest a couple of topics for such e-mail is another matter. > > Probably, letting them choose their own issues is a good idea. > > Everything could stop there. > --------------- or we might----------------------- > Choose later to hold a vote and endorse one or more of the candidates, > identifying him/her/them as our candidate(s).--"Parkinson's friendly" > > Our only limits on what we do is that we should be in substantial agreement: > > It might work out that we will even want to: > > Work for one candidate, contacting voters, stuffing envelopes, getting > shut-ins out to vote, etc. > > What do you think? > > WHH 56/38/37