From my vantage point which overlooks the Convention floor, the election is Smokey Thomas' to lose. Not a landslide win for the incumbent, but he would have to have a gaffe of major proportions or give a dreadful speech to fall out of office at this point. Nancy Pridham will have to rely on a slip-up because the noisy support of her loyalists won't carry her to the job she obviously covets dearly.
The Jamie Tocker Eddy Almeida race for #2 looks closer -- a tighter horse race and too close to call. Each of the candidates has his loyal supporters. The Thomas team will work to deliver votes to Tocker, and the Pridham group the same for Almeida. In the end, it will be the undecideds who will make up their minds based on the candidates' speeches, who will make the difference. If these "horses" stay true to form, one will rely somewhat more on tone, the other more on content. Tocker's financial experience should see him win by a nose.
A couple of disturbing reports from delegates who were told by one newly elected Board Members that if Thomas was elected, "he would not have the support of 13 Board members." We can only hope that the whole Board will support whoever gets elected. Another 2 years of a politically divided Board would be shameful.
Solidarity
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