Realizing the futility of my effort – FiveThirtyEight puts Feingold’s chances at winning at only 6% as of Sunday, October 17th – I still cannot let the opportunity go by to add my own voice to many others lauding Senator Russ Fiengold’s career and lamenting the likely outcome of his 2010 Senate campaign. Although I’m …
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No wonder people have such an unfavorable view of Congress! Of all the problems with campaign advertising – the increasing costs, funding disclosures, etc. – the one problem I don’t hear much about is the volume of ads. Yet this is the only measure, apparently, that merits bipartisan support.
As we head into the 2010 elections, a lot of candidates, especially Republicans, are attempting to build on Obama’s successes from 2008. And there were some important lessons to be learned: Obama’s campaign forced many of us to rethink how successful political campaigns can be run. In particular, Obama’s use of social networking and video-sharing …
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