Month: September 2006

From the Political Wire: GOP Hopes Rest on Low Turnout GOP Planning Negative Ad Barrage A party planning on convinving people not to vote is a party not worth supporting. I only wish the Democratic Party was as bold as Kinky Friedman: Convincing People to Vote: We think that it’s not Kinky Friedman vs. Rick…

Washington Bloggers group. The Online Outreach Coordinator for the (state?) party, Tracy Joan, started a group for us bloggers. Sweet. Go there and join. Its a private group, so she’ll have to let you in. But, join anyway.

And, I’m so freaking confused about it too. Though, before that, this is a good review of whole PB thing from Hotline (hat tip Matt Lewis): In the simplest of political theories, each party’s tool is reflective of their respectivie philosophies. Talk about competitive market: RNC users compete to get points, dollars and yes, the…

From a comment at the Replace the Pick A Party Primary blog: I don’t want the parties to get my address and start sending me mail. From the Cluetrain Manifesto: The Axe in Our Heads Every one of us knows that marketers are out to get us, and we all struggle to escape their snares….

While Sen. Tim Sheldon considers himself a Democrat, as is his right, he should tell the state Republican Senate Campaign Committee about his political affiliation. They’re under the impression that he’s a Republican. From an RSCC memo (click image to enlarge): And:Its funny, that second page points out that both Kerry and Gregoire won the…

Both the Times and PI have reviews of the issues surrounding Stephan’s really off the wall blog post about Toby Nixon not running afoul of the legislaitive ethics rules. Seattle Times: Free the press releasesSeattle PI: Deciphering ethics in the digital age Both seem to center on the webiness of the issue, that you can’t…

I try never to get quoted during work. Ironically, yesterday I had a conversation with one of my co-workers on how to best send a press release so a particular newspaper doesn’t attribute anything to you. You have to be sneaky. But, today, Ryan Blethen quotes me and I’m happy. Good column, its about politics…