The New Organizing Institute (NOI) BootCamp 2009 has been running a mock campaign to elect the new mayor of Washington, D.C.. The candidates? Superheroes. Pretty cool stuff, teaching those involved how to lead and run electoral, policy, and non-profit campaigns.
Besides the fact that I'm ticked that I was not made aware of this sooner, or that
I DIDN'T GET AN INVITATION DESPITE MY EXTENSIVE COMIC GEEK AND POLITICS CRED
today is Election Day. Polls are only open for another six hours or so (July 10, 2009 7AM-6PM), but hey, better late than never. To visit the page to cast your vote and visit the websites for each candidate, click here.
As for my vote, I'm kind of torn. Supes is always a favorite and I like what Team Superman has done marketing-wise, but I wasn't really feeling his platform on the issues. Green Lantern has a great education policy platform (that has been endorsed by Matt Yglesias), and a green jobs initiative. Impressive stuff. But Cyborg (of Teen Titans fame, not evil Cyborg Superman) has a great vision for DC as a "Silicon Valley of the East Coast" to stimulate the local economy and develop mentoring programs to help inner-city youths (like he himself once was) out of poverty. Ambitious, but feasible? Luckily it's a fake election.
(Hat Tip: Yglesias and EcoComics)
(Photo Credit: Alex Ross)
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