David Safier

LD-26: Model Ground Game

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by David Safier If you want to see how to maximize your chances of beating the odds, go to the Northwest Dem HQ at Ina and Shannon and watch how Arizona's 26th gets it done. For weeks, dozens of people have been walking every Saturday, knocking on doors of Independents and Democrats who aren't guaranteed … Read more

LD-26 Republicans Go Way Negative

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by David Safier The lies, distortion and hate are flying fast and furious from Republicans Al Melvin and Marilyn Zerull in LD-26. The candidates who are running clean (everyone except Vic Williams) have gotten infusions of last minute cash because of independent groups spending money on their opponents' behalf. (I think Clean Elections is a … Read more

What He Said.

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by David Safier From Andrew Sullivan, a brilliant, tends-conservative-but-is-voting-for-Obama journalist and blogger, about blogging: For centuries, writers have experimented with forms that evoke the imperfection of thought, the inconstancy of human affairs, and the chastening passage of time. But as blogging evolves as a literary form, it is generating a new and quintessentially postmodern idiom … Read more

Conservatives Jumping Ship: Reagan’s Chief of Staff

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by David Safier The latest ship jumper is Ken Duberstein, former chief of staff for Ronald Reagan. He's voting for Obama: Duberstein said he was influenced by another prominent Reagan official – Colin Powell – in his decision."Well let's put it this way – I think Colin Powell's decision is in fact the good housekeeping seal … Read more