Freep this Poll! CNN Poll on Dean

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Saturday February 12, 2005 · 5:10 AM PST

2005/02/12 · 05:10

"Do you think Howard Dean is the right person to lead the Democratic Party?"

http://www.cnn.com

Freep this poll! 53% yes, 47% no right now.

Don't forget other Dean is Chair Day activities like supporting the DNC, supporting DFA, and writing letters to your local papers. Welcome Dean to the DNC and fight the Republican Noise Machine's hit job on the new Chairman!

Also, please recommend so others will see this.

help sought - organizing college students

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Thursday January 27, 2005 · 4:38 PM PST

2005/01/27 · 16:38

i have a (hopefully) simple request for kossacks:

what are the top challenges facing progressives in attempting to organize college students? here are a few i've brainstormed:

college progressive groups do not have enough funding
the machinery for helping progressive college activists transition into members of the progressive professional class (as progressive journalists, think tahnkers, campaign staff, etc.) is not very well-oiled
progressive internships and entry-level jobs pay poorly if at all
progressive college groups are frequently disorganized, within and across campuses
progressive college groups frequently don't have their technology act together (ie, don't have a website/discussion group/mailing list)
progressive college groups frequently have little if any institutional memory

any others? if possible, i'd really appreciate a few links to articles on this topic.

thanks!!

dKosopedia suggestion: how to take over the Democratic Party

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Tuesday November 16, 2004 · 10:11 AM PST

2004/11/16 · 10:11

I have an idea for a good dKosopedia project.

Briefly, I'd like to get a "how-to" guide detailing how an energized Kossack can get involved in the official committees of her local and state Democratic party. The information would be easy to read, and specific to various localities, detailing when elections are held, how one can join even if she missed the deadline, etc.

I know in MA the Deaniacs did some work to get elected to town and ward committees; I imagine this happened in other states as well. I'm sure there's some material already out there, and it would be invaluable as we move to reform the party in the years ahead.

If you're interested please comment below!

Missouri Presidential Vote - County by County Analysis

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Monday November 15, 2004 · 6:58 AM PST

2004/11/15 · 06:58

Update: In comments someone asked for an executive summary, my main conclusions. Here they are:

Kerry did much worse than the "vote straight Democratic ticket" option did in a wide variety of counties.
There is no hard, obvious evidence of malfeasance, such as vote totals exceeding number of registered voters.
Bush did slightly worse than the "vote straight Republican ticket" option in only two counties - Greene and Taney - and both of these are heavily pro-Bush.
I'd like to know if there are benign reasons for these results or if there are grounds for a recount.

While a lot of folks seem hot to trot on chewing up Ohio's numbers, I thought I'd look at Missouri's votes this weekend. Missouri has a Republican Secretary of State and all of the signs - the afternoon exit polls as well as the early returns - pointed to a mild Kerry victory. So I wanted to see what went wrong. I spent some time on the Missouri Secretary of State's website this weekend (and as many county board of election websites as I could find) to compile the following numbers...
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funny early Election Day story, plus some goodies

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 12:11 AM PST

2004/11/02 · 00:11

An amusing story, possibly the earliest one of this Election Day:

I've been in St. Louis doing GOTV since last Monday. My sister lives in Chesterfield, one of St. Louis's most conservative suburbs. So last night after finishing making tons of signs for late night visibility runs, I headed over to her place to hang out and play with my nephew (he's 2.)

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exposing the liars

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Wednesday October 06, 2004 · 8:47 AM PDT

2004/10/06 · 08:47

here's my letter to the editor of the st. louis post dispatch about last night's debate:

Last night's debate between Senator Edwards and Vice President Cheney underscored just how deeply out of touch and deceptive Mr. Cheney is. At one point Mr. Cheney claimed that he had only met Edwards earlier that night for the first time. That was a flat lie - Cheney met Edwards at a prayer breakfast in February 2001, and addressed the Senator in his remarks that day.

That was a harmless lie, but the Vice President is guilty of misleading and deceiving this country repeatedly over the past four years. Despite a complete lack of evidence, and contrary claims by President Bush, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld and the CIA, Cheney insists that there is a connection between Iraq and the Sept. 11 attacks. There is not. Cheney insists that the situation in Iraq is improving, when his own generals and numerous independent reports claim otherwise. Cheney claims that the economy is getting better, despite millions of job losses since his administration took office.

The Vice President is dangerously out-of-touch with reality. John Kerry and John Edwards know that we face serious problems in this country, and they have a solid plan to address those problems. George Bush and Dick Cheney don't even know where to begin.

Reward Good Behavior at ABC

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Wednesday September 22, 2004 · 5:15 AM PDT

2004/09/22 · 05:15

Via LiberalOasis, ABC World News Tonight called Bush out on a blatant misrepresentation of Kerry's remarks on Monday.

Reward good behavior: send ABC an email.

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MA Kossacks - Protect Gay Marriage, Elect Carl!

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Tuesday September 14, 2004 · 4:07 AM PDT

2004/09/14 · 04:07

Hi fellow MA Kos-aholics,

As you know today is Primary Day in MA. Of course, please go out and vote. Democracy for MA has endorsed about 40 candidates in state house and state senate races across the state: click here to see if one of the endorsed candidates is in your district! You can find out where to vote at http://www.wheredoivotema.com.

This may well be the most important day for gay marriage since May 17, when gay marriage finally became legal here. Last March, opponents of gay marriage started the process of banning gay marriage via a constitutional amendment which passed with only a 5-vote margin. The amendment will come up for another vote next March.

Carl Sciortino is a pro-gay marriage candidate running in West Somerville and West Medford, near Davis Square. His opponent, incumbent Vinny Ciampa, is anti-gay marriage. If Carl wins, we will reverse 1 of the key 5 anti-gay marriage votes, and will be closer to making gay marriage permanently legal in MA.

Join me in volunteering for Carl today! To get in touch with the campaign, go to:

78a Cameron Ave., Somerville MA
(617) 625-2831
www.electcarl.org

looking forward to next year: media reform

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Thursday August 05, 2004 · 1:15 AM PDT

2004/08/05 · 01:15

(cross posted on mydd)

i've beein giving some thought to this issue for a while. after reading atrios's excellent series on World Journalism Institute, watching outfoxed, and reading Ted Turner's excellent piece in the Washington Monthly, and witnessing the groundswell of support for overturning the FCC ruling that allowed further media conglomeration last summer, I'm beginning to think media reform should be the netroots' signature domestic policy initiative for next year.

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Dean Volunteer Appreciation Event in Boston

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Monday July 26, 2004 · 8:31 AM PDT

2004/07/26 · 08:31

If you're in Boston for the convention, and you were a Deaniac back in the day (or a Democracy-for-America-phile these days) then check out the Dean volunteer appreciation event at Hurricane O'Reilly's. Gov. Dean will give a short talk, and the rest of the event will be an informal reunion with other Deaniacs (or DFA-philes) in town. It's 150 Canal St. in Boston, 12 noon - 2 pm on July 28. For out-of-towners, this is very near the Fleet Center; the closest open subway stop is Haymarket, on the Orange/Green line. To RSVP, go to http://organize.democracyforamerica.com/signup.php?eventID=16354

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