When the Tri-City Herald editorial board makes it recommendations in the races for our governor and president, we will compare the candidates on a set of criteria and see how each measures up. What should that criteria be? What points will you consider when deciding who to vote for? What are your thoughts? Post your online comments here. You may also e-mail comments to forum@tricityherald.com by 8 a.m. Thursday morning, July 24, 2008, to be considered for publication on Sunday's Tri-City Forum page. (For comments submitted to the newspaper, please include your street address and daytime phone number.)

Just a quick note to draw attention to the new discussion groups we've created under the heading "2008 Election Forums." We've provided a handy link in the right-hand column of this page. We hope regular contributors to tricityforum will find this feature useful for discussing this year's elections.

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