Well I'm just going to speak anyway, since there isn't much time and nobody is in charge yet to tell me that I can't.
I believe - as unorthodox as it may sound - that I am the best strategic choice that this party could make in the upcoming at-large special election. Why is that? Let's take a look at it from different points of view.
In regards to JCL: seeing as how this party is attempting to shape itself as a more moderate right-center party, it stands to reason that JCL does not share the values or vision that many in this party do. While the same can certainly be argued about me as well, I believe that both he and I are roughly the same ideological distance away from this party on the two-dimensional ideological scale. This makes this measurement a complete and utter wash, so let's toss ideology out when considering the choice between he and I. What's left? Well, you all are almost all by-products of a rejection of the Federalist Party, and have decided to go your separate ways (for many, because it is felt that the party is dead). What logical justification can be made to vote for someone from a party you just left and that you consider to be dead?
In regards to Foucaulf: I honestly don't even know where to begin, and that is kind of the whole point. Foucaulf is out there attempting to paint himself as someone for everyone. He will embrace right-wing economics to please those on the right and who might not want to vote for JCL, left-wing social issues for those who only want a small taste of progressive politics, and a healthy dose of anti-Labor fearmongering and paranoia across the board to sate those who only stand against things instead of standing for things. Nobody can live up to all of those commitments and promises, which tells us they are empty. We call this opportunism and personality cultism, neither of which are good for the game at-large.
Now I bet you're saying,
"Adam, you're attacking JCL for being a reactionary and Foucaulf for telling everyone what they want to hear, yet you're in Labor and you're here, trying to get us to vote for you!". The difference here is that I am not embracing the type of backwards policies that caused many of you to leave the Federalist Party, nor am I attempting to persuade you by telling you one version of a story that you want to hear. I'm speaking honestly and from a logistical standpoint. Without a candidate in this race, you guys are free to make a decision that is both the best for your party and for the game. This means not embracing empty platitudes and feel-good nonsense from Foucaulf, and not voting for the party that you're (presumably, at some point) going to try to dominate for control of one hemisphere of the game.
With me, you know what you'll get. I'm a pretty predictable person, and I'm sure the predictions many of you have about me would actually be good if they came true, from your perspective. Wouldn't you want to see Labor implode with 6 Senators after making a series of bad decisions once again?
I challenge you to test that theory, and to elect someone who is going to be consistently active and honest about what he is doing. I'm not offensive to the right on social issues and have increasingly found myself in a position where I challenge members of my own party on excessive economic policy. This is a 7-week term, and I've already made it clear that I will not seek a full term once it expires. With either of the others, you will likely not get the opportunity to change them out if they are elected.
