Stefan decides to stop by

I was elated to discover that a very good friend of mine (and David Goldstein's as well), Stefan Sharkansky, was kind enough to stop by and leave a comment on my recent Irons post:

I support I-912, but I'm hardly its most ardent or most prominent supporter, so I'm not sure why I earned a mention in your lede. But thanks for the honor and for spelling my name correctly.

More to the point, you are incorrect. I am not "dismayed" by your plausible yet unconfirmed speculation that David Irons opposes I-912.

Well, what can I say? My guess is Stefan doesn't have much of a sense of humor...the comment about him and Tim being "dismayed" was made just for kicks. One of Stefan's biggest problems seems to be that he takes everything too seriously.

As for "the honor", Stefan was mentioned because he's a blogger. Stefan & Co. are our politically opposite counterparts in the blogosphere. And anyone familar with NPI knows that we pay particular attention to the fight against Tim Eyman.

Back to Stefan's comment:

First of all, I doubt that Irons' (or any other candidate's) position on I-912 would have much influence on that vote one way or the other. Second, I-912 is not my personal litmus test for the Executive's race, or for any other race.

Nice try at political analysis, though. Keep trying. In the meantime, I commend you on your site's readable font!

We never said that Irons' position would have much influence on the Initiative 912 vote. But as Goldy points out:

Irons' position on I-912 might have quite a bit of influence on his own race… which I can only assume is why Irons refuses to publicly state his position. Irons needs the fervent support of his conservative Republican base if he’s to have a snowball’s chance of coming close to Sims, and he’s not going to get that by opposing their anti-government initiative du jour.

We couldn't have put it any better.

Thanks for the compliment about our font, and don't worry - we'll continue analyzing politics. But we suspect you'll be needing more luck than us after that prediction you made in the outcome of the gubernatorial election contest trial. You will find that's a hard one to live down.