tuesday is election day in georgia and voters will go to the polls to either choose newer progressive representation in the united states senate or return a man to the senate so embarrassing to republicans that even foxs own chris wallace is forced to skewer him democrat jim martin has had some great people stumping on his behalf like retired gen. claudia kennedy kennedy is the ......
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fighting29th has a very good summary of eric massas online fundraising efforts according to actblue the democratic fundraising site eric massa raised an astonishing 724k from over 12000 donors online. thats an average of about 50 bucks per donor. .... last cycle massa raised 415k from around 7200 actblue supporters. .... some might object to actblue on the ground......
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its a tough race no doubt but if it wasnt for small dollar donors the georgia senate wouldve been been over by now . chambliss raised 1.6 million in large contributions amounts of 1000 or more from nov. 13 through nov. 21 compared with 462000 for martin. independent groups such as the national rifle associations political action commit......
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when chris matthews interviewed michele bachmann he didnt get that warm and fuzzy feeling crawling up his leg. what he did do is play his attack dog role and rally the liberal troops to try to take down her campaign. with help from leftist icons like the huffington post the democrat ground game set out to ensure her defeat with lies and spin. they formed groups like censure bach......
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research 2000 for daily kos. 112325. likely voters. moe 4 111719 numbers. chambliss r 52 51 martin d 46 45 these numbers are in contrast to an insideradvantage poll that showed a threepoint race and a democratic poll which had it at two points. why the difference because research 2000 is speculating that the likely......
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democrats rejoiced when a federal district judge ruled that 1000 contested provisional ballots in heavily democratic franklin county ohio had to be counted for the purpose of deciding the hotly contested congressional race in ohios 15th district as well as a state house race. with republican steve stivers currently clinging to a slim lead of 594 votes and 27000 provisional ballots ......
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ive been informed that today is the last day of fundraising in the georgia senate runoff before the jim martin campaign will make its final media buy. because of thanksgiving tomorrow wednesday is the last day to buy time. so please contribute right now to jim martin via the expand the map actblue page. please please please your contribution will......
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theres only a week to go before the dec. 2 runoff election in georgia that could send jim martin a champion of workers to the u.s. senate and send incumbent sen. saxby chambliss packing. you can still take part by helping martin raise the funds he needs to get out the message and get out every vote in this critical election. this election will absolutely make a difference......
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insideradv antagersq uos newest poll like most of the polling over the past few months shows the georgia senate race wide open. insideradvantage for the politico. 1123. likely voters. moe 4. chambliss r 50 martin d 47 democratic internals have it as a two point race. the insideradvantage poll assumes a 25 africanamerican turnout higher t......
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while democrat jim martin gets bill clinton and al gore campaigning for him and a radio ad from barack obama...republican senator saxby chambliss gets the retreads of the gops abominable 2008 slate. that would be disastrous vicepresidential nominee sarah palin of alaska and equally disastrous presidential candidates rudy giuliani and mitt romney. star power indeed . sarah palin w......
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e.j. dionne writes about accusations that obama is moving to the center and discovers that he is just being a pragmatic progressive emphasis mine obamas selection of a team of highly skilled pragmatists has already been described as a move to the political center but obama advisers and longtime acquaintances say that this is a misreading of the incoming president and his ap......
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the week starts out strong for the good guys in georgias senate race the mellman group for jim martin . 112123. likely voters. moe 4. chambliss r 48 martin d 46 the readiness turnout is all folks. it will absolutely decide the outcome of this runoff. generally polling has stayed more or less where it has been for months and more or l......
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this weekend i hit the road as a volunteer with the jim martin for senate campaign as we toured georgia by bus. you can read my previous post here. we the road crew were off to a later start on sunday although jim martin had been attending church services in the morning. we headed out to a round table of veterans in augusta after lunch. at this event we heard stories from several ......
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albanyr epresentat iveelect eric massa gave a special shoutout to bloggers who helped him win his bid to unseat representative randy kuhl. i just want to take a minute to thank all the readers of rochester turning and all the blogger community massa said during a friday evening victory party in pittsford. the corning democrat raised over 700000 online through the progres......
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to start huffpos sam stein chronicles saxby chambliss latest dignityfree subhuman campaign tactics there is an eerie familiarity taking hold in georgias runoff senate race. the same tone that defined the much lamented 2002 contest in which challenger saxby chambliss questioned the patriotism of tripleamputee vietnam vet max cleland is resurfacing in the curren......
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weve had so many party chairmen in the past 57 years ive literally lost count.a each one had something good to offer each one made some inroads. each one left a legacy in their short tenure. but progressively weve slid from red to blue in short order. are we united are we a conservative party are we a rightofcenter party are we outdated and out of touch are we grow......
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you know the drill. time is running out on gasen. the december 2nd runoff is only 10 days away with thanksgiving between now and then please contribute whatever you can to jim martin via the expand the map actblue page this weekend. polling continues to show a tight race that will be won on the ground and mnsen has shown us that even a statewide senate race......
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excellent news for democrat mary jo kilroy after a protracted legal challenge federal judge algernon marbley has ruled that 1000 disputed provisional ballots from kilroys stronghold of franklin county must be counted. her opponent steve stivers leads by 479 votes but with nearly 27000 votes uncounted in franklin its doubtful he can hang on . marbleys ruling came......
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huge news in the continued counting of charlie browns race against tom mcclintock. the latest round of counting has brown within 329 votes as the provisionals which tend to favor democrats get counted in the larger counties in the district. charlie brown dem 170168 49.9 tom mcclintock rep 170497 50.......
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the polls havent moved much since november 4 when gop senator saxby chambliss most famous for a slimy campaign ad that compared vietnam war hero and triple amputee max cleland to osama bin laden got 49 of the vote forcing him into a runoff with progressive democrat jim martin. jim martin for senate campaign web site . narals blog for choice cal......
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with the polling showing the numbers in the georgia senate race essentially unchanged from what weve seen over the last few months turnout is absolutely essential for the december 2 runoff election. this might be the most important election well see until november 2010. it almost certainly will represent the greatest opportunity for progressives during that time to replace one......
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activism politics summary .abelow are some noteworthy democratic liberal leaders and organizations. act blue political resource group portfolio common cause earl blumenauer aoregon a congressional website aa initiatives website aa wiki aa vote smart a sherrod brown aohio a congressional website aa campaign website aa wiki a......
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with 48 of the recount in minnesotas senate race complete democrat al franken has narrowed republican norm colemans lead from 215 votes to 140. the minnesota startribune has an excellent page keeping track of the recount results as they come in. it certainly appears that a good number of the ballots remaining to be counted again are in franken strongholds hennepin cou......
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susang reported earlier via the washington post that arizonas democratic governor janet napolitano is presidentelect obamas pick to serve as the next head of the department of homeland security. napolitano is a solid pick on the merits and should be easily confirmed. for party building however the pick is problematic for two reasons. first napolitano is the frontrunner ......
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