Category Archives: campaigns
How Not to Concede Graciously
Wow (NOT safe for work AT ALL).
h/t Michael Li
“Judge: Take politics out of our races”
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Should Ohio judicial elections go entirely nonpartisan on the ballot? Should Ohio switch to some nonpartisan process to help governors fill judicial vacancies, and should those appointments require state Senate confirmation?
In a Cleveland appearance Thursday before… Continue reading
“2012 Election: A Failure to Mobilize the Youth Vote”
“In Data We Trust”
Tom Edsall:
The announcement on May 1 by the Republican National Committee that it had awarded of a multi-million dollar contract for data management and collection services to Liberty Works, a firm run by Richard Boyce, an associate of… Continue reading
“Meet the Most Important Ted Cruz Birther: Ted Cruz; Ted Cruz is eligible to be president under almost any reading of the Constitution—except his own”
TNR.
Robbin Stewart is Delving into the Maine Anonymous Blogging Case
and updating a post here.
“Marshall facing prison time; Judge sentences [North Vernon] man in vote fraud case to 18 months with 9 suspended”
News making waves in Indiana: “Michael R. Marshall, 60, of North Vernon, a veteran Democratic Party volunteer in Jennings County, was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 months in prison, with nine months suspended, on three counts of voter fraud. Marshall… Continue reading
Will Stephen Colbert Give Equal Time to Mark Sanford Supporter Larry Flynt?
After you watch the video at Political Wire, you can imagine why he might.
On Colbert’s equal time obligations while supporting his sister against Sanford, see this Slate Explainer.
“DIRTY TRICKS: Mysterious Conservative Group Sending Out Push Polls In South Carolina Special Election”
Alleged nasty push poll:
– “What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you she had had an abortion?”
– “What would you think of Elizabeth Colbert Busch if I told you a judge held her… Continue reading
“Koch Brothers Plan More Political Involvement for Their Conservative Network”
NYT:
While awaiting an internal audit headed by a top Koch Industries executive, the brothers have rejected any notion of stepping back from electoral politics. Strikingly, after years of nurturing a political network and donor base largely independent from… Continue reading
“FairVote Maps the 2012 Presidential Campaign”
Read about this:
“The State of Maine vs. anonymous blogging”
Dylan Byers (non-anonymously) blogs.
What Do You Get When Two Candidates from the Same Party Who are Virtually Indistinguishable Run in Round Two of a Nonpartisan Primary?
Exactly what you’d expect—trumped up and exaggerated ethics charges.