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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I have to give the convention people credit for trying to involve visitors and get a community together around the upcoming convention. While I have my doubts about building a vibrant community around an event destined to vanish from consciousness in 5 months, at least their trying. I wish them well.
My only real [...]

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Monday, July 30th, 2007

If you needed more evidence the Democrats have shifted dramatically to the Left in recent years, this article tells you all you need to know.
[N]one of the eight Democratic contenders for the White House are making time for the Democratic Leadership Council convention Sunday and Monday in Nashville, although DLC staffers sought for weeks to [...]

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Thursday, January 11th, 2007

Last May, I made a prediction about the locations of the two national conventions. I picked Minneapolis-St. Paul to get the GOP business while the Dems were chilling in the mountain air of Denver.
When the GOP picked Minneapolis (and irritated the Dems by doing so), I knew I was right.  Unfortunately, I had no idea [...]

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Thursday, December 14th, 2006

The New York Times is just full of goodies today.  First, they’re reporting on the hire by Giuliani’s camp of RNC Political Director Mike DuHaime.  They follow that up with reports from cocky NYC officials claiming the Democrats 08 convo is as good as theirs.
The convo is the low hanging fruit, so I’ll pick it [...]

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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

If you’re an upstart political movement hoping to draw attention to a fusion ticket and have trouble getting big name politicos to jump on board, what do you do?  You can do what Unity08 has done and get celebrities to make the pitch.
Sam Waterston, the star of NBC’s Law and Order, has drafted a little [...]

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