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Monday, August 15, 2005
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35 State Strategy
Should the Democrats look more to the West? The Western Democrat writes, "Over at the Distance Blog - comin' at ya from Georgia - blogger Stockton is espousing a '35 State Strategy' (as opposed to the Dean-led '50 State Strategy'). Basically, he argues - give up on the South."
Juan Cole: "The Iraqi parliament voted to amend the interim constitution to allow the permanent constitution to be presented for a vote on August 22 rather than Aug. 15. That gives negotiators one more week to work out a deal."
Political Wire: "Black Republicans 'are forming a national organization to recruit and register black voters that will be in step with the strategy of' RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman, the Washington Times reports. The National Black Republican Association will announce its formation today, 'as well as the creation of its fundraising arm and the opening of its national headquarters' in Washington, D.C."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
6:08:32 PM 
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RSS Goodness
Why does everyone want to "fix" RSS? Stever Gillmor writes, "Why would Microsoft want to change the name from RSS to Web feeds? To make it easier to do what? To move away from a decentralized model, the one the record and film cartels can't control, to a centralized directory that plays to the strengths of scale. To flip on the DRM bits and return content control to the Incumbents. Yum yum. Money.
"Now there's nothing wrong with money that taking it away from you won't cure. If I have to choose between Dave Winer and Microsoft picking my pocket, I'll go with Dave every time...
"It's not RSS they're confused about, it's how to get the money. And the ironic thing about it is that if they really wanted to solve the problem, they'd work it out and set up a common feed with one simple answer. Oh wait, that won't work. Dave Winer already did that."
6:04:49 PM
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? for Governor
Colorado Pols: "The media was busy this weekend opining on the next steps in the governor's race now that Democrat Rutt Bridges has withdrawn from the race, and the buzz we're hearing was enough to make some changes to the Governor Line."
Category: Denver November 2006 Election
7:00:44 AM
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Corruption isn't a Partisan Issue
Helena Independent Record: "Gov. Brian Schweitzer has asked Democrat Bob Rowe, the former chairman of state Public Service Commission, not to work on the governor's upcoming energy conference because Rowe is associated with a lobbying firm that represents several energy companies. The governor's office had previously hired Rowe to help organize the conference. Rowe has been released from that job. 'It's simply policy,' Schweitzer said. 'I believe passionately that you can only serve one master. When we have chosen people to work for us, we have chosen people who will commit themselves to working for all the people of Montana, not a special interest.'"
Thanks to the Daily Kos for the link.
Oval Office 2008: "My thanks again to the Wesley Clark supporter who commented on an earlier blog entry, correcting my belief that the retired general had been relatively inactive on the campaigning front. The reality appears to be somewhat different, despite the low mainstream media profile."
Oval Office 2008: "We've already seen one bit of local spin on the recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll on presidential hopefuls - it came from The Tennesseean, and it suggested that Republican Senator Bill Frist should not be unduly concerned about appearing mid-table in the list of GOP hopefuls. The Indianapolis Star has a similar message for lcoal Democratic Senator Evan Bayh."
Category: 2008 Presidential Election
6:49:09 AM
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Referendums C and D
The Denver Post editorial staff maintains that Referendums C and D will provide much needed relief for the public schools [August 15, 2005, "Fiscal fix crucial to schools"]. From the editorial, "This year state spending on public schools grew only 1.1 percent, its smallest increase in a decade. With skyrocketing energy costs, more than $100 million in court-ordered construction costs backlogged and unfunded mandates from the federal government, no reasonable person wants to see the schools suffer huge cuts as lawmakers try to carve another $400 million from the state's budget, which will have to be done if voters don't approve the measures."
Meanwhile Coyote Gulch thanks a reader for sending this link where John Andrews defends his actions against charges of flip-flopping with respect to TABOR.
Category: Denver November 2005 Election
6:13:34 AM
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