back in january 2006 the mydd community commissioned a poll from wright consulting. i still dont think that the poll gets the attention it deserved because it asked something very important that no other public poll has asked why people support or oppose the war in iraq not simply whether they support or oppose it. the question we asked was also openended so that poll participants would choose the...
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according to the hill it appears congressional democrats will spend some time focusing on the economy instead of iraq congressional democrats will focus on the economy next week in an effort to win political advantage from public fears about an approaching recession. this underscores the party leaderships concern to avoid getting bogged down in more debate about iraq and to make sure it is pre...
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five weeks ago the nrcc launched a project to get supporters to create their own campaign videos attacking democrats. if successful this project would defy a pattern where republican grassroots activists never take action into their own hands remember the mygop fundraiser that was so popular is lost money remember when the rnc blog went weeks on end without being updated in the middle of the 2006...
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i am loathe to ever admit i am wrong about the horserace aspect of my election analysis. wrong about anything else in my life such as career choices lifestyle choices and relationship choices sure ill admit that ive made mistakes in those areas but not about my horserace analysis of elections. i was wildly wrong about the 2004 primaries but only wrong about the 2004 elections because i banked on t...
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in my diary earlier today on ron paul i noted how he fell among the 0.2 of people totally opposed to federal social welfare policiesa remarkably farright fringe position from which to launch a campaign that even seeks to appeal to progressives distressed with the democrats inept and confused response to the iraq war. while ron paul stands zero chance of being elected president he is doing a bangup...
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if you read mydd on a regular basis youre probably alread aware of this but in case you dont here goes im pleased to announce that as part of blogpacs 50state blog network project mn campaign report has been given a financial grant to assist with the maintenance and fees of the site from the post and a bit of linkery over the past three weeks we have told you that blogpac is working on a projec...
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the first is that the good folks at blogpac are moving forward with the formation of the 50 state blog network. this has been long overdue and the time is certainly ripe for networking all the new state level sites. we talk all the time about building a progressive infrastructure. well this what that looks like. the second announcement is that blogpac today announced grants for a dozen state lev...
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tonight wednesday jan. 31 on our blogtalkradio show the war to end the war. what role will the netroots play james boyce and i will be joined by jon soltz of votevets jonathan powers the founder of war kids relief and steve gilliard of the news blog. well be discussing the role of online organizing in the ongoing campaign to end the war. last week jerome armstrong of mydd was a guest and he discu...
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wednesday jan. 31 on our blogtalkradio show the war to end the war. what role will the netroots play james boyce and i will be joined by jon soltz of votevets jonathan powers the founder of war kids relief and steve gilliard of the news blog. well be discussing the role of online organizing in the ongoing campaign to end the war. last week jerome armstrong of mydd was a guest and he discussed sen...
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even as many bloggers have moved into the professional media world fewer independent blogs have been picked up wholesale by a larger media group. andrew sullivan moved his blog over to time in early 2006 and years earlier mickey kaus moved his kausfiles over to slate. but both are solo bloggers who had a preexisting relationship with those publications. rarer still is for a group blog to be boug...
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a cross post from mydd. a must read from spidelblogs good friend chris bowers. there are two main reasons why james carville does not like howard dean. the first is that howard dean does not trash other democrats and carville prefers democrats who throw their own party under the bus. the second is that he is a political consultant and as such many of his friends have gotten rich off of commission...
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some information for your perusal in the extended text. just check out some of the republicans running for congress all across the country. i think youll find the links informative and maybe even entertaining. you can learn more about the list here. azsen jon kyl az01 rick renzi az05 j.d. hayworth ca04 john doolittle ca11 richard pombo ca50 brian bilbray co04 marilyn musgrave co05 dou...
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mydd has become my favorite blog of late. while its not the progressive blogospheres most highly trafficked blog its the most intelligent about strategy and movement building. matt stoller led the way earlier this year on discussing whether the blogs should take on joe leiberman and ultimately deciding to do so rallying support for net neutrality and questioning some of the ultimately destruct...
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chris bowers currently a committeeperson running for reelection for the first time in ward 27 division 23 has announced his candidacy for state committee for the 8th senatorial district .pdf which is roughly west philly south of chestnut st. its going to take 100 write in votes to get him and his fellow committeeperson kevin scott into the state committee seats and they are there for the taking...
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