Archive for September, 2006
Continue Reading September 29th, 2006
WEEKEND NEWS UPDATE.
FLORIDA: CONGRESSMAN FOLEY RESIGNS IN ONLINE TEEN SEX SCANDAL.
In a period of less than 24 hours, Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) went from strong re-election favorite to resigning in disgrace in a still developing online sex scandal involving underage teen boys. Foley first denied he engaged in any inappropriate conduct with a 16-year-old male former Capitol Hill page from Louisiana. Hours later, his staff tried to blame the entire incident as being a set-up by his Democratic opponent. Later on Friday afternoon ABC News published sexually graphic email and instant messaging communication between Foley and other under-aged teenage boys. That prompted Foley to submit his immediate resignation from Congress and withdraw from his race for re-election. Foley, who was the Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus for Missing & Exploited Children, helped lead the fight for tougher criminal laws to stop online sexual predators who target children. Ironically, those same laws he championed could possibly now be used to send Foley to federal prison. Florida law will allow to replace Foley with a new GOP nominee — but Foley’s name will remain on the ballot. That will force voters to cast a ballot for Foley to have it be counted for the GOP replacement nominee. Further, the new candidate would not be able to convert any existing state campaign account into a federal account for the race because Florida candidates may accept corporate contributions while federal candidates are explicitly barred from accepting that same money. Because of all of this, wealthy venture capitalist and former Republican Tim Mahoney must now be rated the likely winner of this CD-16 seat in November. In directly related — and further disturbing news — it appears Congressman Rodney Alexander (R-LA) promptly notified the Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL) and the House Republican Leadership ten months ago of Foley’s inappropriate communications with the Louisiana boy. Hastert apparently buried the sordid (and possibly criminal) matter entirely until it resurfaced on Friday. It looks like Speaker Hastert may have some serious explaining to do about why the Leadership protected this apparent pedophile.
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.30.06
FREE SPEECH ZONE.
Your space to pontificate on anything and everything (except for the Foley scandal).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.30.06
Continue Reading September 29th, 2006
FRIDAY NEWS UPDATE.
FLORIDA: IS CONGRESSMAN FOLEY AN ONLINE SEX PREDATOR?
Check out this breaking story about this very disturbing email exchange between the personal email account of Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) and a 16-year-old male Capitol Hill intern. The story is even more creepy because Foley is the Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus for Missing & Exploited Children. Read about it here and here and here (especially the emails where he keeps asking for additional pictures of the boy or emailed that one of the boy’s teenage friend was in “really great shape”). If this story has legs, Foley could be an unexpected goner. Wealthy venture capitalist and former Republican Tim Mahoney is Foley’s Democratic opponent. Foley quit the 2004 US Senate primary contest — saying he wanted to spend more time caring for a sick parent — immediately after he was outed as gay in some Florida newspapers.
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.29.06
BY THE NUMBERS: US SENATE RACES.
CONNECTICUT: US Senator Joe Lieberman (Independent) - 49%, businessman Ned Lamont (D) - 39%, former State Rep. Alan Schlesinger (R) - 5%. (Quinnipiac University). “I think [Lieberman is] very concerned that we’re within striking distance of winning this,” said Schlesinger on Wednesday.
MINNESOTA: Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar (D) - 51%, Congressman Mark Kennedy (R) - 43%, former public access TV organization executive director Robert Fitzgerald (Independence) - 2%, Ben Powers (Constitution) - 1%. (KSTP-TV/SurveyUSA).
NEW JERSEY: US Senator Bob Menendez (D) - 45%, State Senator Tom Kean Jr. (R) - 44%. (Rutgers University).
PENNSYLVANIA: State Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. (D) - 50%, US Senator Rick Santorum (R) - 41%, Carl Romanelli (Green) - 5%. (Strategic Vision-R).
WASHINGTON: US Senator Maria Cantwell (D) - 49%, insurance executive Mike McGavick (R) - 40%. (Strategic Vision-R).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.29.06
BY THE NUMBERS: GOVERNOR RACES.
ALABAMA: Governor Bob Riley (R) - 54%, Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley (D) - 38%, Others - 1%. (WKRG-TV/SurveyUSA).
COLORADO: Former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter (D) - 55%, Congressman Bob Beauprez (R) - 38%, accountant Dawn Winkler-Kinateder (Libertarian) - 3%, retired federal employee Clyde Harkins (Constitution) - 1%. (KUSA-TV/SurveyUSA).
CONNECTICUT: Governor Jodi Rell (R) - 63%, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. (D) - 30%. (Quinnipiac University).
MAINE: Governor John Baldacci (D) - 44%, State Senator Chandler Woodcock (R) - 39%, State Rep. Barbara Merrill (Independent) - 7%, radio talk show host Pat LaMarche (Green) - 6%. (WCSH-TV/SurveyUSA).
MINNESOTA: Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) - 45%, Attorney General Mike Hatch (D) - 44%, former State Finance Commissioner Peter Hutchinson (Independence) - 6%, Walt Brown (Quit Raising Taxes) - 2%, environmental activist Ken Pentel (Green) - 1%. (KSTP-TV/SurveyUSA).
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Governor John Lynch (D) - 59%, State Rep. Jim Coburn (R) - 29%. (American Research Group).
OREGON: Governor Ted Kulongoski (D) - 39%, former Portland School Board Member Ron Saxton (R) - 34%, retired TV news anchor Mary Starett (Constitution) - 4%, retired accountant Richard Morley (Libertarian) - 2%, environmental activist Joe Keating (Pacific Green) - 1%. (Portland Oregonian).
PENNSYLVANIA: Governor Ed Rendell (D) - 55%, former pro football player Lynn Swann (R) - 37%. (Strategic Vision-R).
SOUTH CAROLINA: Governor Mark Sanford (R) - 50%, State Senator Tommy Moore (D) - 46%. (WCSC-TV/SurveyUSA).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.29.06
BY THE NUMBERS: US HOUSE RACES.
NEW YORK - CD-26: Congressman Tom Reynolds (R) - 45%, businessman Jack Davis (D) - 43%, Christine Murphy (Green) - 8%. (WGRZ-TV/SurveyUSA). Update: The NYS Elections Board disqualified Murphy from the ballot on Tuesday.
PENNSYLVANIA - CD-6: Congressman Jim Gerlach (R) - 45%, attorney Lois Murphy (D) - 38%. (Keystone Poll).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.29.06
EDITORIAL: A CIVILIZED NATION DOES NOT TORTURE. EVER.
Based upon what is happening in DC this week with the debate on torture, I’m ashamed to call myself an American citizen. Why? Reason #1: read this great New York Times editorial, which succinctly explains why we are entering a terrible, shameful chapter in our nation’s history. I endorse that editorial 100%. And, before you accuse me of coddling terrorists, I have a message for you. Stop rationalizing why it would be okay for the US to sorta, kinda torture suspected terrorists because they’d treat US prisoners brutally. If we start acting like the terrorists, then we become terrorists. Just read this great article about “waterboarding” — a leading method of torture used by Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. Civilized nations do not engage in torture. No exceptions. Ever.
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.29.06
FREE SPEECH ZONE.
Since the GOP went this week with Minneapolis for the ‘08 convo, let me weigh in with a plug for the Dems to select Denver for the 2008 convention. It will help showcase all of the gains we’re making in the West again. It will give us a great opportunity to showcase our Western Dems like Governors Brian Schweitzer, Bill Ritter, Janet Napolitano, Dave Freudenthal and Bill Richardson and US Senators John Salazar, Jon Tester, Max Baucus, Harry Reid, Jeff Bingaman, and possibly several new Members of Congress from the Class of ‘06.
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.29.06
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Here’s my open offer for every campaign (and campaign supporter): send me a button or pin from the Governor, US Senate, Congressional, Statewide Office, etc., campaign you are involved in — feel free to add a sticker and brochure — and I’ll place a link to official campaign site here on our homepage in a daily “thank you” note. My address: Ron Gunzburger, 409 NE 17 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. OUR THANKS TODAY GO OUT TO: Lieutenant Governor Charlie Fogarty, Democrat for Rhode Island Governor.
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Continue Reading September 27th, 2006
THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE.
BY THE NUMBERS: US SENATE RACES.
ARIZONA: US Senator Jon Kyl (R) - 49%, former State Party Chair Jim Pederson (D) - 38%, former Graham County Sheriff Richard Mack (Libertarian) - 2%. (KAET-TV/Arizona State Univ.).
CALIFORNIA: US Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) - 55%, former State Senator Dick Mountjoy (R) - 35%, Others - 1%. (KABC-TV/SurveyUSA).
FLORIDA: US Senator Bill Nelson (D) - 59%, Congresswoman Katherine Harris (R) - 31%. (Strategic Vision-R).
VIRGINIA: US Senator George Allen (R) - 49%, former Navy Secretary Jim Webb (D) - 44%, USAF veteran Gail Parker (Indep. Green) - 2%. (WUSA-TV/SurveyUSA).
WASHINGTON: US Senator Maria Cantwell (D) - 54%, insurance executive Mike McGavick (R) - 42%, former Black Panther activist Aaron Dixon (Green) - 3%, educator Bruce Guthrie (Libertarian) - 1%. (KING-TV/SurveyUSA).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.28.06
BY THE NUMBERS: GOVERNOR RACES.
ARIZONA: Governor Janet Napolitano (D) - 64%, Religious Right activist Len Munsil (R) - 28%, businessman Barry Hess (Libertarian) - 2%. (KAET-TV/Arizona State Univ.).
ARKANSAS: Attorney General Mike Beebe (D) - 55%, former Congressman Asa Hutchinson (R) - 40%. (KTHV-TV/SurveyUSA).
CALIFORNIA: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) - 48%, State Treasurer Phil Angelides (D) - 31%. (Public Policy Institute of California).
CALIFORNIA: Schwarzenegger (R) - 44%, Angelides (D) - 34%, Others - 7%. (Field Poll).
CALIFORNIA: Schwarzenegger (R) - 52%, Angelides (D) - 38%, Others - 1%. (KABC-TV/SurveyUSA).
FLORIDA: Attorney General Charlie Crist (R) - 50%, Congressman Jim Davis (D) - 40%, term-limits activist Max Linn (Reform) - 2%. (Strategic Vision-R).
GEORGIA: Governor Sonny Perdue (R) - 51%, Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor (D) - 38%, computer consultant Garrett Hayes (Libertarian) - 4%. (Strategic Vision-R).
PENNSYLVANIA: Governor Ed Rendell (D) - 55%, former pro football player Lynn Swann (R) - 39%. (Quinnipiac University).
WISCONSIN: Governor Jim Doyle (D) - 45%, Congressman Mark Green (R) - 40%. (Wisconsin Policy Research Institute).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.28.06
BY THE NUMBERS: US HOUSE RACES.
MINNESOTA - CD-2: Congressman John Kline (R) - 55%, retired FBI Agent Coleen Rowley (D) - 35%, frequent candidate Doug Williams (Independence) - 5%. (KSTP-TV/SurveyUSA).
NEW HAMPSHIRE - CD-1: Congressman Jeb Bradley (R) - 52%, Democratic activist Carol Shea-Porter (D) - 33%. (Univ. of New Hampshire).
NEW HAMPSHIRE - CD-2: Congressman Charlie Bass (R) - 46%, attorney Paul Hodes (D) - 36%. (Univ. of New Hampshire).
WASHINGTON: Congressman Dave Reichert (R) - 50%, former Microsoft executive Darcy Burner (D) - 48%. (KING-TV/SurveyUSA).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.28.06
FREE SPEECH ZONE.
It looks like the Republican have picked Minneapolis as the site for their 2008 national convention. No choice yet by the Dems.
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.28.06
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Here’s my open offer for every campaign (and campaign supporter): send me a button or pin from the Governor, US Senate, Congressional, Statewide Office, etc., campaign you are involved in — feel free to add a sticker and brochure — and I’ll place a link to official campaign site here on our homepage in a daily “thank you” note. My address: Ron Gunzburger, 409 NE 17 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. OUR THANKS TODAY GO OUT TO: College professor and Naval Reserve Officer Chris Carney, Democrat for Congress in Pennsylvania’s CD-10.
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Continue Reading September 26th, 2006
WEDNESDAY NEWS UPDATE.
BY THE NUMBERS: US SENATE RACES.
FLORIDA: US Senator Bill Nelson (D) - 56%, Congresswoman Katherine Harris (R) - 33%. (Rasmussen Reports).
NEBRASKA: US Senator Ben Nelson (D) - 55%, online investment executive Pete Ricketts (R) - 32%. (Rasmussen Reports).
NEVADA: US Senator John Ensign (R) - 58%, businessman Jack Carter (D) - 35%, State Party Chair Brendan Trainor (Libertarian) - 1%. (Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason-Dixon).
NEW JERSEY: State Senator Tom Kean Jr. (R) - 41%, US Senator Bob Menendez (D) - 40%. (Rasmussen Reports).
PENNSYLVANIA: State Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. (D) - 54%, US Senator Rick Santorum (R) - 40%. (Quinnipiac University).
PENNSYLVANIA: Casey (D) - 49%, Santorum (R) - 39%. (Temple University).
VERMONT: Congressman Bernie Sanders (Independent) - 64%, software executive Rich Tarrant (R) - 32%. (Rasmussen Reports).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.27.06
BY THE NUMBERS: GOVERNOR RACES.
ARIZONA: Governor Janet Napolitano (D) - 56%, Religious Right activist Len Munsil (R) - 38%. (Rasmussen Reports).
COLORADO: Former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter (D) - 50%, Congressman Bob Beauprez (R) - 34%. (Rasmussen Reports).
FLORIDA: Attorney General Charlie Crist (R) - 45%, Congressman Jim Davis (D) - 40%. (Rasmussen Reports).
FLORIDA: Crist (R) - 51%, Davis (D) - 36%. (Orlando Sentinel/Mason-Dixon).
MASSACHUSETTS: Former US Assistant Attorney General Deval Patrick (D) - 57%, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey (R) - 24%. (Rasmussen Reports).
NEBRASKA: Governor Dave Heineman (R) - 72%, publishing executive David Hahn (D) - 18%. (Rasmussen Reports).
OKLAHOMA: Governor Brad Henry (D) - 64%, Congressman Ernest Istook (R) - 33%. (KFOR-TV/SurveyUSA).
VERMONT: Governor Jim Douglas (R) - 52%, former State Party Chair Scudder Parker (D) - 38%. (Rasmussen Reports).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.27.06
BY THE NUMBERS: US HOUSE RACES.
COLORADO - CD-7: Former State Senator Ed Perlmutter (D) - 54%, State Higher Education Commission Chair Rick O’Donnell (R) - 37%, State Party Chair Dave Chandler (Green) - 2%, businessman Roger McCarville (Constitution) - 1%. (KUSA-TV/SurveyUSA).
DELAWARE - CD-AL: Congressman Mike Castle (R) - 61%, attorney Dennis Spivack (D) - 22%. (Fairleigh Dickinson University).
FLORIDA - CD-9: State Representative Gus Bilirakis (R) - 61%, former Hillsborough County Commissioner Phyllis Busansky (D) - 32%. (WFLA-TV/SurveyUSA).
NEVADA - CD-2: Secretary of State Dean Heller (R) - 45%, University Regent Jill Derby (D) - 42%. (Las Vegas Journal-Review/Mason-Dixon).
VERMONT - CD-AL: Senate President Pro Tem Peter Welch (D) - 51%, State Adjutant General Martha Rainville (R) - 43%. (Rasmussen Reports).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.27.06
PENNSYLVANIA: STATE JUDGE DISQUALIFIES GREEN FROM US SENATE RACE.
State Treasurer Bob Casey Jr.’s (D) campaign gained more momentum in the US Senate race this week after Carl Romanelli (Green) was kicked off the ballot by a state judge. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Commonwealth Court Judge James Kelly ruled that Romanelli was 9,000 signatures short of 67,070 needed to qualify for the November ballot. Several weeks ago, Democratic lawyers filed a lawsuit alleging Romanelli did not have enough valid signatures for ballot status. Romanelli, who has received significant funding by Republican donors and received praise from GOP incumbent US Senator Rick Santorum’s campaign, was considered a potential “spoiler” by drawing votes from pro-choice Democrats dissatisfied with Casey’s socially conservative stance. The Romanelli campaign will make a final attempt to reduce the high signature requirement in an appeal to the State Supreme Court, but legal observers say the odds do not favor Romanelli on the appeal.
Writer: David Jimenez - 09.27.06
VIRGINIA: SENATOR ALLEN’S N-WORD PROBLEM.
as if THE “macaca” and “I’m not Jewish (okay, maybe I am)” incidents weren’t enough, more stories are surfacing about US Senator George Allen’s (R-VA) youth attitudes towards race issues. Three college football teammates told Salon magazine that Allen showed obvious racial prejudices and attitudes during college. “Allen said he came to Virginia because he wanted to play football in a place where ‘blacks knew their place,’” said radiologist Dr. Ken Shelton, who played football with Allen on the University of Virgina team. Another anonymous teammate noted that Allen frequently used the “N-word” to describe African-Americans. Respected political scholar Larry Sabato, who was also at the school when Allen attended, stated he knows “for a fact” that Allen used the N-word while in college. Shelton also reported Allen called him “Wizard” because he shared the same last name with Robert Shelton, unrelated, who was the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Classmate Shelton also told Salon that during a hunting trip with Allen and a fellow football player, the future Senator stuffed the decapitated head of a deer into the mailbox of a local black family. Allen has apologized for wearing a Confederate flag pin in the past, but he vigorously denies ever holding racist views, ever uttering the N-word, or anything related to the deer-head allegations. Allen’s campaign noted that other former teammates do not recall Allen showing any racist tendencies, nor did any others corroborate Shelton’s account. Allen, a potential 2008 Presidential candidate, is facing an increasingly competitive challenge from former Navy Secretary James Webb (D).
Writer: David Jimenez - 09.27.06
HAWAII: GOP PICKS REPLACEMENT NOMINEE FOR US SENATE RACE.
Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (R) selected State Representative Cynthia Thielen to be the replacement GOP nominee against US Senator Dan Akaka (D) in November. Thielen — an attorney and 16-year veteran of the state legislature — replaces decorated military veteran Jerry Coffee. Coffee withdrew several weeks ago after suffering serious medical problems but, with Lingle’s endorsement, still won last weekend’s primary. The new nominee surprisingly embracing her party label openly in this Dem-leaning swing state: “I’m not a place holder — I’m in this race to win. I am running to be Senator in a Republican Congress and Administration.” Akaka is still rated safe for the general election, but Thielen will be a credible candidate.
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.27.06
FREE SPEECH ZONE.
Anything else?
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.27.06
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Here’s my open offer for every campaign (and campaign supporter): send me a button or pin from the Governor, US Senate, Congressional, Statewide Office, etc., campaign you are involved in — feel free to add a sticker and brochure — and I’ll place a link to official campaign site here on our homepage in a daily “thank you” note. My address: Ron Gunzburger, 409 NE 17 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. OUR THANKS TODAY GO OUT TO: Retired Navy Admiral Joe Sestak, Democrat for Congress in Pennsylvania’s CD-7; and US Senator Kent Conrad, Democrat for re-election in North Dakota.
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Continue Reading September 25th, 2006
TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE.
BY THE NUMBERS: US SENATE RACES.
MARYLAND: Congressman Ben Cardin (D) - 51%, Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele (R) - 40%. (Baltimore Sun/Potomac Inc.).
MINNESOTA: Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar (D) - 52%, Congressman Mark Kennedy (R) - 37%, former public access TV organization executive directorRobert Fitzgerald (Independence) - 1%, nurse Michael Cavlan (Green) - 1%. (St. Paul Pioneer Press/Mason-Dixon).
MONTANA: State Senate President Jon Tester (D) - 50%, US Senator Conrad Burns (R) - 43%. (Rasmussen Reports).
NEW JERSEY: State Senator Tom Kean Jr. (R) - 44%, US Senator Bob Menendez (D) - 38%. (Monmouth University).
WASHINGTON: US Senator Maria Cantwell (D) - 48%, insurance executive Mike McGavick (R) - 42%. (Rasmussen Reports).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.26.06
BY THE NUMBERS: GOVERNOR RACES.
ILLINOIS: Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) - 47%, State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka (R) - 37%, attorney Rich Whitney (Green) - 4%. (Copley News Service/Mason-Dixon).
MARYLAND: Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley (D) - 50%, Governor Bob Ehrlich (R) - 44%. (Baltimore Sun/Potomac Inc.).
NEVADA: Congressman Jim Gibbons (R) - 45%, State Senate Minority Leader Dina Titus (D) - 36%, computer consultant Christopher Hansen (Independent American) - 5%, environmental activist Craig Bergland (Green) - 1%. (Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason-Dixon).
PENNSYLVANIA: Governor Ed Rendell (D) - 60%, former pro football player Lynn Swann (R) - 33%. (Temple University).
VERMONT: Governor Jim Douglas (R) - 53%, former State Party Chair Scudder Parker (D) - 38%. (WCAX-TV/Research 2000).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.26.06
BY THE NUMBERS: US HOUSE RACES.
INDIANA - CD-8: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Brad Ellsworth (D) - 47%, Congressman John Hostettler (R) - 32%. (Evansville Courier & Press/Indiana State University).
NEVADA - CD-3: Congressman Jon Porter (R) - 47%, former Congressional aide Tessa Hafen (D) - 37% construction worker Joshua Hansen (Independent American) -2%, teacher Joe Silvestri (Libertarian) - 1%. (Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason-Dixon).
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.26.06
FREE SPEECH ZONE.
Congressman Mike Castle (R-DE) suffered what is reported to have been two minor strokes on Saturday. “He is expected to make a full recovery with little to no lingering side effects,” said Castle’s doctor … In Ohio’s CD-18, State Senator Joy Padgett’s (R) campaign released its own poll on Monday showing she is “only” trailing attorney Zach Space (D) by 2-points (versus the double digit margin Space’s poll shows for his lead over Padgett). Space is bashing Padgett in TV spots as the “Taft-Ney” candidate for the open seat.
Posted by Ron Gunzburger - 09.26.06;
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Here’s my open offer for every campaign (and campaign supporter): send me a button or pin from the Governor, US Senate, Congressional, Statewide Office, etc., campaign you are involved in — feel free to add a sticker and brochure — and I’ll place a link to official campaign site here on our homepage in a daily “thank you” note. My address: Ron Gunzburger, 409 NE 17 Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301. OUR THANKS TODAY GO OUT TO: Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Democrat for New York Governor; and US Senator Joe Lieberman, Independent for re-election in Connecticut.
September 16th, 2006
I am going to try to organize a Roots Camp for my local community. I’ve begun this process by creating a wiki page on the Roots Camp wiki.
A Roots Camp is a derivation of a Bar Camp, with a political focus. A Bar Camp is an open version of a Foo Camp, which is a participant-driven conference. Although the history of open conferencing can be traced back to the 1980s, it was Tim O’Reilly’s first Foo Camp in 2003 that sparked the current interest. In these events, the “expert” and audience of a formal presentation are replaced with active learners entering the conversation with equal power. Participants gather at a big white board prior to the conference (or get things started on a wiki before the big day arrives) to write the topics they want to discuss, inviting any others to join in. Some topics draw no interest, but those that do often are treated to an enthusiastic and productive debate among those with sincere interest in the conversation.
My community Roots Camp will take place on the weekend of November 18 (tentative) along with others around the country. At the time I started editing the wiki page yesterday, there were a bunch of starter cities but only two — Washington, D.C. and New York City — with any content or ownership from local citizens. There is a lot involved to getting one off the ground … including finding a site, arranging for food and swag, promotion, materials. With two months at the start of a big political season, though, my expectations are pretty high.
I urge you all to set up Camps in your own hometowns and get people talking about the philosophies we hold dear. This is the kind of outreach Freetrader chatted about, and it is a tangible and realistic thing to do.
Continue Reading September 8th, 2006
Great video from the Max Linn for governor campaign here in Florida…
http://maxlinn.com/max_tv.html
Linn is the Reform Party nominee and has already pledged $1 million of his own money for the race.
Continue Reading September 8th, 2006
Well, I find this highly suspect because it was conducted by the Democratic candidate… but it’s the only poll of any kind that I’ve seen on the Texas CD-10 race that features Michael Badnarik.
Not exactly great numbers for Badnarik, but again… the accuracy of it is somewhat in question. …
Continue Reading September 8th, 2006
We finally crossed the 100,000th unique visitor mark today!
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Continue Reading September 8th, 2006
Thanks to Joey Dauben for pointing this item out. It’s sad and unfortunate, really… but I also think for Libertarians (and all third party activists) it is worth reading and really trying to understand. The Dallas Morning News made a round of endorsements in state legislative races, mentioning …
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