Month: July 2005

I’m not a huge fan of Sen. Hillary Clinton, but I do agree it takes a village and that Democrats would be better off if we talked about building communities more. So here’s some more of that from the 43rd State Blues: In an attempt to bring some sanity to the boards (what the hell…

Far be it for me to worry about who wants to be called a Republican, but for some reason, the Republican Party is really worried about it: …State Republicans also adopted rules for a Montana primary,— rules state GOP Chairman Chris Vance says are now in effect,— that assert the party’s “right to grant permission…

…he brought up an interesting topic that is close to my heart. The extent to which party leaders lobby for and encourage people to run for office. …what happened in the gubernatorial and Senate races in 2004 was wrong — GOP leaders simply froze out anyone but Rossi and Congressman George Nethercutt, respectively. Would-be candidates,…

In a column that seems to argue for the Montana style primary Floyd McCay makes the case that really any primary will do. It is the people that matter, rather. It is not the system that determines quality — it is the quality of the electorate. You and me. To the extent that we allow…

The Olympia Democratic Party meetup will discuss “How Democrats can support local business” on Tuesday, August 9 from 7-9 p.m. The Democratic meetup is an informal discussion group. People who are not currently active in the Democratic Party, but want to be, areencouraged to attend. Tuesday, July 12 from 7 to 9 p.m.Olympia Center222 Columbia…

Amen, brother: As a CEO, Mr. McGavick certainly has the right credentials for a Senator. With his compensation ($8,854,747.00 in 2004), he can really understand the needs and challenges of working families and those struggling to decide between buying food or buying medicine. Queue the older actors and the family actors for those compassionate conservative…

Another route is the most obvious now for those who cannot accept anything but a wide-open primary in which all voters may vote for any candidate. The Grange and others would better spend their energies promoting an initiative to convert to a completely non-partisan election system for all local, legislative and statewide offices. While technically…

Basie doesn’t like coffee mug smashing mayors: I, for one — as a Portlander for more than 19 years — will not stand for this act of aggression. Sir, I say sir, the days of Oregon aggression against the peaceful people of Washington State has come to an end. Your state shall submit to coffee…

Not too many tears being shed round the partisan world this morning for the Top Two. Not that I was any big fan, it just seems that the writing on the wall is that if the parties didn’t like this one, I wonder how they’re going to feel about a non-partisan election system statewide? Don…

Jan has seen the future: Grow Ohio has a group blog format divided into Ohio’s five distinctive regions that lets anyone post their entries on regional news — and later will allow for group blogging in all 88 of Ohio’s counties. It also collects the user membership information into a database, and has a front-page…