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October 4th, 2006
Since announcing my intention to start a local RootsCamp last month, I have been flooded with academic readings, assignments and other grad-school-related commitments (”Ph.D.” = “Piled Higher and Deeper,” after all). However, I have made an effort to get things going as best I can. This has materialized primarily in the form of Thought Exercises/Planning and in Internet-based contact. That approach has to change this week, though, as I feel strongly the need to get the sessions sited so I can concentrate on promotion and materials.
My expectations are pretty high — we are in the midst of a hot political season in a community that is very active — but at the same time this has to be tempered with the possibility of utter failure. “Failure” in this case comes in two flavors: Participation, and Effort. I can handle a participation failure, where fewer than a dozen people show up and conversation is diminished as a result. That seems to me to be a matter of improving awareness. What would not be acceptable to me is if this first RootsCamp doesn’t materialize because I am too inhibited to talk to people on the phone or in person, or I find excuses in academia or family life not to do more.
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The Badnarik campaign has posted photos of sign wavers on the official campaign blog. As I’ve stated before I think this kind of concrete evidence of campaign activity is what can restore some hope and faith among supporters/donors to this campaign. So kudos to those folks for getting …
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A little piece today on Kevin Zeese’s run for the U.S. Senate from Maryland. I particularly liked the “Zeese for Peace” and “Zeese and Resist” slogans, kind of clever.
From Gazette.net…
Kevin Zeese has a fitting surname to run for U.S. Senate as an anti-war third-party candidate.
His campaign signs read ‘‘Zeese …
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Cindy Sheehan is lending her support to New York’s Green Party gubernatorial candidate Malachy McCourt.
See this video for her endorsement.
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Turns out there was a little bit of an election this weekend. Ballot Access News has all the details, including a better than 10% showing for a Libertarian in a statewide race…
Louisiana held special elections on September 30 for Insurance Commissioner and Secretary of State. This was the first …
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From The Journal News…
With all the embarrasing hoopla over Jeanine Pirro, the Republicans couldn’t replace her on the ballot if they wanted to — not that anyone has (publicly) suggested they should. This far into an election season, the parties are usually stuck with the slate of candidates they have …
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Exciting news out of Washington State today!
Bruce Guthrie, the LP’s candidate for U.S. Senate against Maria Cantwell, has decided to donate the bulk of his life savings to his own campaign. Suddenly this race is one of the top 2 or 3 third party contests to watch this year.
The …
