We pass out yard signs here at a booth at the county fair, and the fair begins tomorrow, so I went to get the signs last night. It’s difficult to estimate how many to get, but I did not round down to allow for the enthusiasm gap, so we should have plenty. Yard signs are …
Election 2010
David Plouffe Campaign Update
Since Joe Sestak is one of Balloon Juice’s ActBlue targets, I figured I’d put up this OFA commercial for all you political / media experts to criticize at length: (via Wonkette) *********** Also, while I appreciate the argument that “Meeks has no chance of winning, donating to him would just be a waste of precious …
ActBlue
I’ve created the initial ActBlue donation pages. The first is with specific candidates (more can and should be added- this list is oddly all male and white). For now we have Conway, McAdams, Sestak, Feingold, Blumenthal, and Scott Harper. I put up a very ambitious goal of 50k: *** I also had a request for …
The Fight has Just Begun
I was out running an errand and saw the first bumpersticker for the Republican running in my Congressional district (NY-29, formerly Eric Massa’s). I have yet to see a yard sign or a TV ad from either candidate. I can count the local media stories about the race on both hands with fingers to spare. …
Open Thread: Be Of Good Cheer
__ Couldn’t resist. Scott Meyer’s website is Basic Instructions. *********** Also, commentor Steeplejack posted this earlier today: All may not be lost. Yesterday I got a report from my friend in Alaska (70-year-old woman), who went to a “meet and greet” for Scott McAdams, the Democratic nominee for the Senate. __ “Went to meet the …
Keep the Faith, and Your Sense of Humor
The justly renowned Al Giordano has a post up explaining why the media comparisons between the 1994 elections and this year’s amount largely to the Media Village’s nostalgia for its own political golden age: … Back then, network TV news and daily newspapers were all powerful in determining the political discourse in the United States: …
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The Shift
I know I’m supposed to be reading the Beck rally like tea leaves, but, sadly, I’m cynical, I’ve seen this movie before, so I can’t. A few weeks before organizing a massive rally on the Mall that had the feel of a religious revival, Glenn Beck sought the blessing of some of the country’s most …