Operation "Reverse" Chaos? Why our GOTV efforts are making the right-wing nervous.

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Friday October 22, 2010 · 10:02 AM PDT

2010/10/22 · 10:02

This afternoon, as I drove home from a late morning appointment, I shuffled through the radio channels to find something to listen to while progressive talk had commercials. I always forget that Rush is on at noon--and I stumbled across his program. Usually I wouldn't give it the time of day, but I heard him talking about Hillary and Obama...and I thought to myself, "um, the primaries were over two years ago, genius." Then I heard what he was REALLY saying.

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Monday October 11, 2010 · 12:41 PM PDT

2010/10/11 · 12:41

Many years back, I read a book by John H. McWhorter, an African-American professor of linguistics (and conservative) entitled "Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America." It was part of a class on Whiteness in college and it was paired with books by Cornell West and others--giving us a holistic view of race and whiteness as a culture and not just a "value neutral" status quo.

Though I really didn't agree with the majority of the book, it did it's job--made me think about issues regarding race in more nuanced and complex manners. But there was a chapter that has always remained vivid in my memory: "The Cult of Victimology." Recently I've had this phrase continually emerge in my consciousness--especially during the most recent political campaigns--and I think it's time we label and discuss the behavior/tendency.

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Friday October 08, 2010 · 7:47 AM PDT

2010/10/08 · 07:47

I've recently read and heard a presentation about an article published in the Academy of Management Journal this past year (Pil & Leana, 2009) concerning human and social capital and public schools. I thought it was pertinent to the issue of education currently permeating our politics.

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Monday October 04, 2010 · 7:12 AM PDT

2010/10/04 · 07:12

So I'm a new New Yorker and proud, for the first time in my life, to live in a true Blue state and in a district that has a democratic representative (and two democratic Senators!). It's a great feeling. Though I was at first a little unsure of Rep. Arcuri and his Blue Doggedness, he's beginning to grow on me a bit (yes, I'm aware of his shortcomings, so no need to rail against him in the comments in order to remind me!).

With that said, I checked out 538 today to see what Nate had to say about the race. It's been in the tossup category for awhile on the NYTimes site, but I wasn't aware of the polling on the race. What did I find, you ask? Well, Nate predicts NY-24 to lean GOP. Hmm...

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Friday September 17, 2010 · 7:37 PM PDT

2010/09/17 · 19:37

**This is my first diary, so apologies for missing anything important in terms of kos norms**

I haven't been here 30 minutes and I've seen four anti-Conway ads from the NRSC during the local evening news. The ads are misleading, horrible and annoying. (Of course, my conservative family members don't see the problem, but that's a story for a different diary!!)

This is the Anti-Conway Ad that I've seen 3 times already. Annoying, right? Using my precious horse racing in such an evil way. Grr.

So far, I've not seen one pro-Conway ad. Where are we, folks? What can we do to make this a fight? This is Jefferson County, too, which should be a Conway stronghold. I think we can flip this red seat if we try, and I want to make sure we're trying...

Update: And as soon as I post this, I see the first pro-Conway ad. But seems like we're being outspent here.

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