The composer Christopher Rouse, in an onstage conversation during a concert of his works presented at Zankel Hall on Friday evening, described one of the primary urges in his music with a striking line: "Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess".
His advertising during the primaries urged Democrats to vote for him because he would do nothing less than "save the planet," which as campaign promises go certainly beats a chicken in every pot.
If anything unites the contributors to the present volume, varied as they are, it is this primary urge to bear true, if bewildered, witness.
Senator Ted Cruz, who was defeated by Trump in the primary race, urged conservatives to "vote your conscience" at the Republican national convention.
But on Friday, Mr. Stringer opted not to challenge the 27,000 signatures that Mr. Spitzer had hastily collected to qualify for the Sept. 10 primary, and urged allies not to do so either.
Although he has not organized his campaign finance reports in a timely fashion, apparently because of computer problems, we endorse Mr. Malave-Dilan in the primary and urge him to file timely campaign finance reports in the general election.
On public health and prevention of disease, he called for the further fluoridisation of water supplies and urged primary care trusts (PCTs) to support free swimming for children.
During this year's Democratic primary campaign he urged Republicans to switch party affiliation and support Hillary Clinton as a way of sabotaging frontrunner Barack Obama's nomination bid, then took credit for the drawn-out battle.
Prior to that vote, a coalition of Chicago Democrats urged primary voters to re-elect Smith despite the controversy.
Weeks earlier, Concerned Women for America had co-hosted campaign events with the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion political action committee, that urged primary voters in the key states of South Carolina and Iowa to "support anyone but Donald Trump".
