Weekend Edition
Tonight's sampling:
[MO-Sen] Todd Akin "meets frequently with the archbishop to coordinate activities." by Betty Clermont - Congressman Akin (R) - infamous for his statement that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape" - coordinates his activities with Catholic Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis, as reported by Mary Ann McGivern, a blogger for the National Catholic Reporter. Incumbent Claire McCaskill (D) now leads Akin in the polls.
[IL-15] GOP Congressman Shimkus called energy loan guarantees "imperative" before voting against them by Willinois - John Shimkus voted to end a policy he called "imperative" two years ago when it might have helped a "clean coal" hoax in his district. That double standard is what he calls an "all of the above" energy policy." Angela Michael (D) is running in the 15th against incumbent Republican Shimkus.
[Ham-co Prosecuter] Is Dirty Joe Deters Buying Black Votes? by blakblog - Former State Treasurer and Attorney General candidate Joseph T Deters (R) is accused of paying $25,000 to the head of the Cincinnati NAACP to buy black votes. His opponent is Janaya Trotter (D).
Today's EDR covers rescued down-ticket election diaries published between noon on September 14th till noon on September 15th.
This edition of Election Diary Rescue includes the following gems dug up by our miners, for a total of (19) diaries:
Senate: (8) posts, (4) states plus various
House: (4) posts, (4) states, (4) districts
County: (1) post
Various: (2)
General: (4)
More diaries and information about this project beneath the
Orange Squiggle of Down-Ticket Power
EDR compiles, describes and links election related diaries for down-ticket races through the closing months of election seasons. Down-ticket means any non-Presidential race.
This group was formed by the producers of a front page diary series that rescued election related diaries in 2006, 2008 and 2010. 2012 marks the first election since Daily Kos was born that there is blog devoted to election coverage - Daily Kos Elections.
Election Diary Rescue is proud to be a part of this project.
EDR chronicles the passion, power and effectiveness of political engagement and shines a light on candidates and issues that might be missed during an action-packed election cycle. It gives quick access to races, hopefully inspires people to write aPbout contests that interest them, and has become an archive for thousands of election related diaries over the years. For the archive of this project, founded by sidinny, please go to our EDR closing diary for the 2010 election which links all the rescued diaries since 2006.
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Senate
[CT-Sen] CT-Sen: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D.OR), "Chris Murphy is a Proven Progressive" by poopdogcomedy - Merkley handsomely endorses Murphy (D), running against Linda McMahon (R).
[CT-Sen] CT-Sen: WWE Scraps "Dated And Edgier Footage" To Protect Linda McMahon's (R) Senate Campaign by poopdogcomedy - "Basically the WWE is censoring itself to help out their old boss, Linda McMahon (R. CT) in her second bid for the U.S. Senate:" ActBlue link to help McMahon's opponent Congressman Chris Murphy (D) included.
[MA-Sen] MA-Sen: Scott Brown (R) Lies About Being Pro-Choice & Supporting Equal Pay For Women In New Ad by poopdogcomedy - "EMILY's List is fighting back against Senator Scott Brown's (R. MA) lies after releasing a new ad that claims he's pro-choice and supports equal pay for women. Here's the ad:" Links to petition at Emily's List and Elizabeth Warren's ActBlue page also included.
[MA-Sen] Elizabeth Warren scores with new ad strategy by Joan McCarter - "A lot has been made this week of the fact that various pols and consultants advised Elizabeth Warren that she needed to change up her ad strategy. The campaign has apparently taken the advice to heart." ActBlue link included, to help Elizabeth Warren (D) in her race against incumbent Republican Scott Brown.
[MA-Sen] Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY! by Bill in Portland Maine - Bill proves during his blogathon that he's not just funny. Scroll down below little Billy's self-portrait to find a link to an E.J. Dionne interview of Elizabeth Warren (D) that is very illustrative of what a wonderful advocate she is and below that is a link to her newest ad in her fight against incumbent Scott Brown (R).
[MO-Sen] Todd Akin "meets frequently with the archbishop to coordinate activities." by Betty Clermont - Congressman Akin (R) - infamous for his statement that women’s bodies can prevent pregnancies in cases of "legitimate rape" - coordinates his activities with Catholic Archbishop Robert J. Carlson of St. Louis, as reported by Mary Ann McGivern, a blogger for the National Catholic Reporter. Incumbent Claire McCaskill (D) now leads Akin in the polls.
[MT-Sen] MT-Sen: Denny Rehberg (R) Proposed Ending Social Security As We Know It Back In 1996 by poopdogcomedy - Denny Rehberg has a dubious record on protecting the livelihood of American seniors. Jon Tester (D) doesn't.
[Sen-Var] Mark Hanna's no toss up 2012 Senate Race Predictions - Part 2 by markhanna - Diarist's second set of predictions for the 2012 Senate races, concluding that Dems will safely retain the majority.
House
[CA-48] CA-48: Dana Rohrabacher blames Obama for deaths in Benghazi by Christian Dem in NC- Dana Rohrabacher (R) is a dissembling idiot, but then we all knew that already. Ron Verasteh (D) is his opponent.
[IL-15] GOP Congressman Shimkus called energy loan guarantees "imperative" before voting against them by Willinois - John Shimkus voted to end a policy he called "imperative" two years ago when it might have helped a "clean coal" hoax in his district. That double standard is what he calls an "all of the above" energy policy." Angela Michael (D) is running in the 15th against incumbent Republican Shimkus.
[NH-01] The Truth about the Independent Payment Advisory Board by CarolSheaPorter - The amount of money being spent by outside groups is abhorrent. Congressman Frank Guinta (R) did not agree to sign a statement asking that outside groups stay out of his race against diarist, who is more concerned about the inaccurate messages that outside money might spread across New Hampshire. Ex-Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter (D) running against incumbent Frank Guinta (R).
[WI-01] WI-01: Paul Ryan is Velveeta, Rob Zerban is the Real McCoy Cheesehead. by pistolSO - Zerban (D) is the real Wisconsin deal. We haven't heard of his Republican opponent, and we don't care all that much, either. Cheers.
County
[Ham-county Prosecuter] Is Dirty Joe Deters Buying Black Votes? by blakblog - Former State Treasurer and Attorney General candidate Joseph T Deters (R) is accused of paying $25,000 to the head of the Cincinnati NAACP to buy black votes. His opponent is Janaya Trotter (D).
Various
[Var-Polling] Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Why trying to parse political polls is sometimes a fool's errand by Steve Singiser - Today, without question, was a day in the political data world that was both quieter (less than half the polling load) and carried less shock value (read: no NBC/Marist polls) than what readers saw in Thursday's edition of the Wrap.
General
Hell to Pay is back! by Joan McCarter - "The premise will be that every week, the winger opponents of our Orange to Blue candidates will have proven themselves unable to have gone a whole seven days without saying or doing something so egregious that civilized people will retch at the result--and we'll actually have fun smacking these people down by opening our wallets to our own candidates."
NC GOTV Women's Version by Marihilda - We have a terrific effort going in North Carolina to get out the women's vote. It involves hand writing a letter to targeted women voters--the ones who are infrequent or new voters. We are urging them to vote and, of course, vote with us on November 6. We include all the early voting information, candidate info and we give them a flip card to help them through the judiciary races as well as the straight ticket which because of redistricting is confusing.
The week in the War on Voting: Pennsylvania Supreme Court hears appeal in photo-ID ruling by Meteor Blades - MB offers the blow-by-blow of arguments from both sides before the PA Supreme Court, Dems are still 1 judge's vote shy of the needed 4. Roundup of voter suppression efforts in Iowa, New Hampshire, Florida, Colorado and Virginia as well.
Voter Registration Information For GOTV - Essential Information- Time is running out!!! by Vote4Obamain2012 - Diarist offers specific information for activists trying to register new voters in Florida, Ohio and Virginia.
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