Author: BooMan

California Could Lead the Way on Election Reform

I am not a big fan of ballot initiatives, but California has one that we should all support. The California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act of 2006 (.pdf) would, if passed, give a lot of momentum to election reform...

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The Midterms and the U.S. Senate

If we are going to win back the Senate we need to hold all our current seats, including the seat of retiring Jim Jeffords of Vermont, and win at least six of the following races. Allen, George- (R – VA) versus James Webb...

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Keeping Bloggers Afloat

There has been a lot of recent controversy over bloggers that take on different roles. For example, bonddad, Chris Bowers, and thereisnospoon have recently launched a consulting firm called NetRoots Research, Strategy &...

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Midterm Open Thread

From the USA Today: The poll of 1,000 adults Friday through Sunday has an error margin of +/-3 percentage points. Among the findings: • Americans are interested in the election at levels not usually seen in non-presidential...

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SCOTUS Opens Door to Chaos

I don’t like writing about technical issues about which I have no expertise. But, the Supreme Court has made a ruling (.pdf) on Tom DeLay’s redistricting plan, and I don’t like the result. The constitution lays...

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