I Voted in Georgia Today

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 9:01 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 09:01

The line was longish, about 20 deep. The unofficial parking lot bumper sticker poll was Obama 3, McCain 0.

In North Fulton County, Georgia, home of Newt Gingrich, home of Johnny Isakson, home of Tom Price and his infamous "truth" squad, change was in the air.

Local poll workers say that they expect a 20% jump in voting this election. New voters. Obama voters.

Touching the Diebold screen next to Obama/Biden felt really good (although, yes, less satisfying than punching a card, pulling a lever, or some other physical manifestation of democracy). I almost didn't worry that the machine wouldn't count my vote. Almost.

Sevah

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Monday September 08, 2008 · 2:02 PM PDT

2008/09/08 · 14:02

Reading today's stories and diaries about the Gallup poll showing McCain's convention bounce and digging a little deeper into polling methodology, etc., I'm convinced that Obama's ground game of registering new voters has not yet been factored in to the equation.

First, an anecdote - I live in Gingrich country, the 6th district of Georgia. The northern suburb of Atlanta, the Fightin' 6th was gerrymandered some years back to ensure a solid Rebublican majority for time immemorial. In 2006, our House candidate, Steve Sinton, lost by something like 40 points.

Yet at every public event I've been to this summer, there are Obama volunteers out in force, registering new voters and passing out bumperstickers...

Sevah

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Monday July 14, 2008 · 7:34 AM PDT

2008/07/14 · 07:34

On CNN.com banner now. More to follow.

Sevah

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Tuesday October 23, 2007 · 8:40 AM PDT

2007/10/23 · 08:40

I just received an email from Arshad Hasan, Executive Director of Democracy for America. The email challenges Gore to "Jump In or Drop Out."

My read is that the email does a couple of things: (1) encourages people to vote in the DFA poll, and (2) more importantly, calls out Al Gore to fish or cut bait.

But the way in which it calls out for Gore is very interesting. Read More

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Gore: Jumping In or Dropping Out?

In

Out

125 votes Vote Now!
Gore: Jumping In or Dropping Out?

In

87 votes

Out

38 votes

2008: October Fantasy Straw Poll (including Gore)

Sevah

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Monday October 22, 2007 · 10:49 AM PDT

2007/10/22 · 10:49

Since Kos has posted the official straw poll, here's one including Al Gore.

I still hold out hope.

Have you seen this? Read More

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416 votes Show Results
If Al Gore were to enter the race for President, who would be your favorite 2008 candidate?

Al Gore

John Edwards

Joe Biden

Chris Dodd

Hillary Clinton

Barack Obama

Dennis Kucinich

Mike Gravel

Bill Richardson

No Freakin' Clue

Other

416 votes Vote Now!
If Al Gore were to enter the race for President, who would be your favorite 2008 candidate?

Al Gore

306 votes

John Edwards

56 votes

Joe Biden

0%

1 vote

Chris Dodd

3%

11 votes

Hillary Clinton

3%

12 votes

Barack Obama

5%

20 votes

Dennis Kucinich

1%

4 votes

Mike Gravel

0%

1 vote

Bill Richardson

0%

2 votes

No Freakin' Clue

0%

2 votes

Other

0%

1 vote

GA-06 - The Price is Wrong: Don't Let Price Borrow His Way to Another Term

Sevah

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Tuesday August 22, 2006 · 7:17 AM PDT

2006/08/22 · 07:17

The FEC Candidates' 18-month summaries were released earlier this month, ranking the incumbents and challengers in several categories.

Among other findings, the Summaries Report indicates:

Receipts by Republican House candidates increased 12% with increases for incumbent candidates (23%) and open seat candidates (15%) but a decline in overall receipts for Republican House challengers of 34% when compared with 2004. Democratic candidates' receipts were 26% higher than in the last cycle with a small increase for incumbents (4%) and larger increases for both open seat candidates (46%) and challengers, whose fundraising more than doubled when compared with 2004.

Sevah

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Tuesday August 08, 2006 · 9:29 AM PDT

2006/08/08 · 09:29

Thanks to the Diary Rescue Squad, I came across Jeffrey Feldman's excellent diary Frameshop: Lamont Is About Principles--DC Doesn't Get It which, as SusanG eloquently put it, "discusses how the Lamont campaign has been about principles, not issues, and how this can provide a framework for other successful Democratic campaigns."

Like others across the country, I've been volunteering my time here in Georgia to help another candidate who stands on principle, Steve Sinton.

Here's one area where the importance of Principles versus Issues applies to the campaign I'm actively supporting: Stem Cell Research.

As indicated on Steve's Campaign Website (which will undergo a major overhaul in 2 weeks), Steve is an active supporter of broad and inclusive stem cell research. Read More

GA-06 - Sinton: "Inject Some Common Sense Into Washington"

Sevah

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Thursday August 03, 2006 · 11:47 AM PDT

2006/08/03 · 11:47

Steve Sinton's out-of-the-box campaign for Congress in GA-06 continues to gain steam.

Having recently routed first-term incubent Tom Price at an AARP Candidate Forum, taken up campaign headquarters residence at Newt Gingrich's old offices, and, oh yeah, setting a 10-year record for Democratic votes in the 6th District in the primary, Steve caught up with Joel Foster of 920am WGKA, an Atlanta-area news/talk/opinion station.

Here's why Steve is running, in his own words: 920am WGKA Audiophile Spot. Please check it out, if your computer has speakers (and yes, it's completely safe for work). Read More

GA-06 - "Hard-Charging" Sinton's Got the Big Momentum! (w/ Poll)

Sevah

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Monday July 24, 2006 · 6:49 AM PDT

2006/07/24 · 06:49

Sevah here, back with a field report on the miraculous GA-06 Sinton campaign. I'll continue to report here on the Steve Sinton climb to unseat Tom Price in GA-06 until Steve wins in November or at least until Kossacks kick in enough scratch to pay for some yard signs. To do so, click here: Steve's Campaign Website, click "Contribute" and make a transaction. You'll feel glad that you did, promise!

To turn GA-06 into a Shining Blue Star in this Southern Sea of Red, we MUST have the moral and financial assistance of the Netroots. Also please check out Steve's DFA-Link profile page.

See my prior diaries here: People Powered Politics! and here: Crashing the Gate, and puhlease's diary about the how Price dodged a debate with Steve, hiding behind a fake dinner with a VFW chapter, (CLASSIC!) here: Tom Price is a LIAR!. Also see Dengre's tour de force diary on how to defeat the Ralph Reed Republicans like Price, and why it's increasingly important to do so now, here: Forced Abortions = Trouble for the GOP. Read More

GA-06 - Congressional Race is Heating Up - People-Powered Politics!

Sevah

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Friday July 21, 2006 · 12:29 PM PDT

2006/07/21 · 12:29

As anyone who's read my diaries knows, I've been stumping for Steve Sinton, Democratic candidate for the GA-06 House seat. This diary updates a recent appearance Steve made and catalogs the crowd's overwhelmingly positive reaction, particularly juxtaposed to his opponent, the one-term, do-nothing Bushbot Tom Price.

Props go out to the East Cobb Democratic Alliance, East Cobb Dems, from whose blog this material was lifted. The author has graciously agreed to a wider distribution.

Steve's current challenge is to raise funds against the Price behemoth. Price was apparantly a receipient of much DeLay/Abramoff/Reed largesse, and it's up to us individual donors to bridge the significant gap.

Please show Steve some love here: Steve's Campaign Website, and enjoy the comments here: Read More

Georgia Primaries - The News of the Georgia Dem Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Sevah

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Wednesday July 19, 2006 · 5:32 AM PDT

2006/07/19 · 05:32

The Georgia Primaries were live-blogged by many kossacks last night here: http://www.dailykos.com/... and the glorious news of Ralph Reed's crash and burn has been diaried by several and highlighted by Kos on the front page.

As hilltopper points out in the comments to Kos's story, perhaps the biggest news of yesterday's primary is the relatively tremendous turnout of Georgia Dems.

On the flip I provide some layman's (and single-cup of coffee) examples of turnout numbers of the various races and my initial take on how this bodes for November '06 and beyond.

In short, things are looking good for the Dems even down here in Red Clay Georgia. What are your thoughts? Read More

GA-06 - When I First Met Steve Sinton, He Was Shaking Al Gore's Hand. Now, He's Crashing the Gate.

Sevah

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Friday June 09, 2006 · 9:28 AM PDT

2006/06/09 · 09:28

Mr. Gore had just concluded his remarks at the Atlanta premiere of An Inconvenient Truth (http://www.climatecrisis.org), by challenging the theater full of progressives to "be the change you want to see."

Steve and I were two of the first to rush to the front to shake Gore's hand. I overheard a voice say, "Mr. Gore, I'm taking up your challenge - I'm running for Congress." When Steve introduced himself to Al, I recognized the name and said, "Hey, you're running in my district." We met, talked about how inspiring the movie was, a little about Air America Radio (Steve's a co-creator with his brother, Jon), and exchanged cards.

Please join me on the flip for more and a request for help.
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