As we approach the silly primary season for 2010, candidates are starting to post diaries.  The Calitics Editorial Board may promote some of those candidate diaries to the front page, based on whether the Editorial Board believes the diary communicates substantive policy positions of which the Calitics community should be aware.  

The Editorial Board understands that this policy will result in some candidate self-promotion and links to candidate pages in front page posts, and is willing to live with that tradeoff. Front page promotion of a candidate’s posts does not imply endorsement of the candidate.

Candidate personnel should be aware that merely posting more diaries are unlikely to get them more promotion, and partisans should be aware that complaining about perceived inequities will have little effect.