In week after Rasmussen released its first report, Coakley's 9 point lead shrunk to a single point. Washington Dems started to pour dollars down the throats of Massachusetts voters. Hoping to stem the bleeding with truly terrible television … [Read more...]
Free Movie Screening In New Bedford Tonight (And Kick Off To Bioneers By The Bay)
Tonight in New Bedford, this year's Bioneers By The Bay kicks off (and it's going to be a great event as always.) The Kick Off Event, free to all, will be fantastic. There will be a screening of NRDC's new film, "Acid Test" and an … [Read more...]
Let The Globe Die. It Deserves Its Death.
Second, when times were flush with cheap credit, the NY Times and many other newspaper companies racked up enormous sums of debt on their balance sheets. I was brought into the negotiations for the Seattle PI before it went under and there … [Read more...]
April Showers Bring… Genocide?
In the last century, all of the six major genocides that have been perpetrated- Armenia, the Holocaust, Bosnia, Cambodia, Darfur and Rwanda -- all have major anniversaries that take place in the month of April, an eerie and unsettling … [Read more...]
The New York Times Gets It Right And Wrong On Veterans.
The stress and toil of multiple deployments, the unprecedented use of the National Guard, the general economic hardship of the county, our new generation of veterans is not only facing enormous challenges but the need is growing every … [Read more...]
What’s Up With NewsLadder: Obama’s Cabinet News Skyrockets Up
Here's the summary: We're seeing both sides of the debate on Larry Summers. There are some who think his background overcomes his past, checkered on women's issues, and not so good on developing countries. The debate is very fierce about … [Read more...]
After The MySpace Election, The MySpace Cabinet Selection Process.
The campaign we just survived was indeed the first national election in the internet age, there is no argument about that, but just as the netroots had injected itself squarely in the middle of the political conversation in this country, so … [Read more...]
What’s Up At NewsLadder: “How Obama Might Just Win Ohio”
I know the story of Ohio all too well. Four years ago, the night before the election, I was in Ohio with John Kerry, Larry David and Bruce Springsteen and many others, there was an incredible rally right downtown and it felt amazing. Late … [Read more...]
What’s Up At NewsLadder: Salon’s “Another Nightmare Election In Florida?”
In the piece at the top of NewsLadder today, from Salon, people are already being forced to wait up to eight hours to early vote, how on earth are we going to be able to count the votes on the 4th when early voting is already so screwed … [Read more...]
Four Years Later, Great Ideas Are Going Direct To Voter
However, from my personal perspective, there is one more place where I see a massive difference between now and 2004 and that is the explosion of direct to voter video. Great messaging on behalf of our Presidential Candidate is not just … [Read more...]