Gabby’s Campaign Push-Polling from Off-Shore Call Center? NO. RNCC Ratfucking.
August 18, 2006
UPDATE 8/18: I was wrong to have suspected the Giffords campaign or an uncoordinated Democratic group was behind these push polls. It is now clear that the authors of this ratfucking effort is the RNCC through several intermediaries headed by the Terrance Group with at least $381K changing hands. The universe of targets seems to
Peering Into the Future with Janet
August 17, 2006
Napolitano became first woman to Chair the National Governor’s Association at the 2006 annual meeting, a position used by both Bill Clinton and Howard Dean as a lanching pad into national politics. After an extremely successful first term during which Janet moved forward strongly her agenda to create an all day Kindergarden program and stood
Clinton Got a Blowjob
August 16, 2006
A very funny diddy about the crimes of Clinton and Bush compared: ClintonBJ.mp3 (audio/mpeg Object).
Drinking Liberally 8/17
August 16, 2006
It is time once again for liberals to gather at the Shanty in downtown Tucson for drink, companionship, and civilized conversation. The event will be catered courtesy of the Shanty. This ThursdayStarting at 6pmThe Shanty401 E. 9th Street (4th Ave. and 9th St.)At the underpass This week, our special guest is Representative Phil Lopes, the
Giffords Makes First Podcast
August 16, 2006
Gabby Giffords’ first podcast has been released. To my knowledge it is the first podcast of Arizona’s CD 8 campaign. There are some issues with the content of the podcast, but I have to give her campaign props for proper distribution. The podcast is available at iTunes, which will certainly increase the discoverability of the
Arizona Congressional District 8 Political Sign Critique
August 15, 2006
I thought it would be amusing to take a look at some of the simplest form of political messaging in the CD 8 race: street and yard signs. I believe political signs mostly reassure supporters that your campaign is heathly and viable. Yet doing them badly may be worse than not doing them at all.
Campaign Whispers: Keeping the CD 8 Seat
August 14, 2006
Congressional District 8 is a majority Republican district. We Democrats tend to forget this essential fact. It is a fairly narrow majority, less than 20K voters, amid a sea of independentents and unregistered voters who can swamp any party advantage. Really, CD 8 is the only Arizona District that is truly competitive, there only being
Latas Produces Most Innovative Mailer of the Season
August 14, 2006
Jeff Latas has set a new bar for political communication with his DVD mailer. Other campaigns have used mass produced DVDs before, but not on such a tight over-all budget, or on such a scale. Generally, campaign DVDs have been distributed to supporters as part of a house party strategy, or for use at public
