Rove Speaks - "It's Normal to Lose 29 House Seats!"

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Friday November 10, 2006 · 7:33 PM PST

2006/11/10 · 19:33

I haven't seen a diary on this yet, so I will post on it.

Mike Allen just posted a story on the Time web site giving Rove's spin on the "thumpin'" that the Republicans took in the '06 mid-terms.

And here it is - it's normal to lose 29 seats and lose control of both houses of Congress!

We Made It - $100k Raised!

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Friday October 27, 2006 · 11:53 AM PDT

2006/10/27 · 11:53

I've been running tote boards on the two main-column diary entries related to the effort to $100k on the ActBlue netroots page today.

And now, as of 2.52 p.m. EDT, the $100k goal was officially achieved! Or, as officially as one DKos poster can figure it out. Read More

Lessons from Chafee - Now That's How You Do It

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Wednesday September 13, 2006 · 11:18 AM PDT

2006/09/13 · 11:18

TGoddard's Political Wire has a fascinating recap of just how Chafee was able to defeat a (at least somewhat) motivated right wing of the Republican Party in the RI-Sen primary yesterday. The blurb is worth a read in its entirety, and you can read it here.

Here's the juiciest part:

"Behind the curtain, Chafee's campaign . . . searched for independents who voted Democrat in municipal elections but who had once upon a time voted for a Republican for president or governor or senator. . . They looked for non-affiliated voters in Republican neighborhoods. Using microtargeting techniques, they even tried to figure out which committed Democrats might be tempted to vote for Chafee."
"By the end of the summer, Chafee's campaign had identified 42,000 potential supporters. Then the second part of the program kicked in. . . The campaign 'messaged' these voters, often individually. Chafee himself called more than 100 of them who were identified as being capable of swinging the votes of colleagues and friends. "

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Redistricting: Low Road Now High Road

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Wednesday June 28, 2006 · 8:25 AM PDT

2006/06/28 · 08:25

The Supreme Court's decision today approving mid-decade redistricting from a constitutional standpoint clears the way for such mid-decade redistricting in Democrat-controlled states.

Previously, Illinois Democrats had refused to do a mid-decade redistricting, citing the fact that they were going to "take the high road" and not redistrict mid-decade.

With the Supreme Court's decision, the high road no longer exists from a constitutional standpoint (rightly or wrongly). There's only the low road now. Read More

Thoughts on how to spin gas prices

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Friday April 21, 2006 · 7:42 AM PDT

2006/04/21 · 07:42

Forgive me if someone has brought up this concept before. I wouldn't be surprised, since it seems to me to be the most direct and easiest to understand way of linking the Republicans and their failed energy policies to high gas prices.

As the New York Times reports today, Dems are eager to exploit anger over gas prices. As well they should - there is no pocketbook issue more directly relevant to about 99.5% of the country than gas prices.

Democrats need a one-sentence slogan on gas prices:

"This is what you get with a Texas oil man in the White House." Read More

Multi-Layered Strategy for Roberts, Choice

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Friday August 19, 2005 · 12:11 PM PDT

2005/08/19 · 12:11

I am more of a Daily Kos reader than a diarist, but I did have a thought I wanted to share about the Roberts nomination and a multi-level strategy for the pro-choice position. Read More

Vision vs. Majority

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Thursday November 04, 2004 · 6:04 AM PST

2004/11/04 · 06:04

I think all the airing of theories here on DKos is a great concept and I've enjoyed it all. There are a lot of useful theories.

But I think what should be done is this - Democrats should stop worrying about getting A majority and figuring out how to get TO a majority.

Instead, Democrats should go back to the drawing board and decide what their VISION is and their CORE VALUES are and then start thinking about how to sell that position to the majority.

In other words, Democrats should not be thinking...if we can get take this position on this issue and this position on that issue, we can get to 50.5%. We should be thinking about what our core values and beliefs are and how we can convince the country that those core values and beliefs are worth putting Democrats in office.

Let's have our vision move the electorate, not have the electorate move our vision. Otherwise, we'll alway be chasing those last votes, sacrificing more and more to get them.

(I do admit that for a vision, I like the "Party of Responsibility" theme expressed by Saletan at Slate)

New Exit Poll Data from Slate

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 12:59 PM PST

2004/11/02 · 12:59

Available Here.

Ohio

Kerry 50
Bush 49

FLA

Kerry 50
Bush 49

Kerry 54
Bush 45

Kerry 51
Bush 46

Kerry 58
Bush 40

Bush 50
Kerry 48

Kerry 50
Bush 48

Bush 51
Kerry 49!

Bush 53
Kerry 46

MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!MORE CHARACTERS!

Why The Electoral College Will Go Away

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Monday November 01, 2004 · 3:31 PM PST

2004/11/01 · 15:31

It strikes me that the electoral college is interesting, but fundamentally flawed from a business perspective. Yes, I mean a business perspective.

Currently, the states garnering the most political advertising are Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. The TV markets are Philadelphia (Market #4, I believe), Cleveland (mid-20's), Miami (high teens), Cincinnati (high 20's), Tampa (low 20's), Orlando (mid-30's), Columbus (mid-30's), Toledo (small market), Dayton (small market), etc.

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