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American Voter
14 years ago
Apparently Brown is going to files criminal compliant charges against Massachusetts Democratic Party over the flier put out to smear him.
The flier claims he’s against giving emergency contraception to rape victims.
I think anything can be happened, So, we have to wait some to see what is waiting for us actually. Thanks for nice information.
stodghie
14 years ago
let’s contact fox and asked them why brown’s rally yesterday wasn’t covered in equal like as we were foreced to watch obummer’s lack luser performance.
@mlajoie2
Thank you for the historical insight. The tie in to the 2010 Massachusetts Senatorial special election and the current political climate is definitely uncanny.
Wonder if King George made fun of the Colonists riding horses instead of carriages? Similiar to King BHO making fun of Scott Brown driving a pick-up truck?
Certainly there would be parallels to the British who made fun of the Colonists, Yankee Doodles, bible-thumpers, country bumpkins, etc — similar to M Coakley declaring this am that healthcare is too “complicated” for the voters to grasp.
Vote Scott Brown – Jan 20!
American Voter
14 years ago
I meant vote Jan 19th — I was unable to edit the above comment.
Oh I dunno about the typo, American Voter. I think it’s stellar advice to the MA Dems.
Donald Bly
14 years ago
Obama must not think people in Mass drive trucks since he’s pretty much insulted them (great way to campaign). Obama also doesn’t seem think that GM trucks are dependable… go figure.
Working quietly and under the radar, the National Republican Senatorial Committee shifted $500,000 to the Massachusetts GOP in the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s dramatic election, according to Republican sources.
The NRSC transfer, made in several dispersals beginning on Jan. 7, were used for phone and mail get-out-the-vote operations targeted at independent voters, said Rob Jesmer, the NRSC’s executive director.
NRSC officials kept quiet about the money transfers, despite public taunts from their Senate Democratic counterparts that the GOP leadership was declining to put money behind Brown’s candidacy.
@John Cooper: Thanks John. I would have been very surprised if they had not done this. And had they given him money in December, it would have been reported to the FEC and the Dems would have been alerted to it.
Also, Brown was 30 points behind just a few months back and sending money at that point might be viewed by some as a waste of money.
Please note also that the Dem Senate Committee has been forced to spend many millions to defend what they previously thought was a safe seat. The Dems have much more cash on hand than the NRSCC and this will help level the playing field.
Donald Bly
14 years ago
@Mike’s A
I too must also make ammends concerning my comments on the RNC’s support of Brown. Their “stealth” funding accomplished two things.
1. Helped lull the DemonicRATS into a state of overconfidence
2. Invigorated the grass root support of the TEA Party membership to pick up the slack in the perceived under funding and support of Brown by the RNC.
I have been very impressed by Brown’s use of technology to harness the “energy” of individuals willing to contribute to his election. This means more than just an ability to raise money. I have been making calls on behalf of Brown since before Christmas. The Brown campaign made it very easy for me to contribute my time through their use of web based call lists and scripts. Further, there are many of us out here that are willing to work for candidates outside of our home state when the stakes are high.
I belong to many social networking groups and was able to work with many of the administrators to eblast requests for help getting Brown’s message out but more importantly, how people could contribute by utilizing the call center application.
Many lessons can be learned concerning Brown’s ability to mobilize the people, people that weren’t even in Massachusetts. The RNC needs to do some rework on their website, but also embrace the technology at play in this special election.
We still have a lot of work to do in 2010…. But… Let me make this VERY clear…. If you are a business as usual Republican or DemonicRAT that has a voting record of fiscal irresponsibility, and a propensity to disregard contitutional rights… Be AFRAID.
Donald Bly
14 years ago
From Scott Brown’s campaign, I just received this email:
Friend,
Today is Election Day and we need to make a tremendous amount of phone calls to remind our voters to vote.
You have signed up for the Call From Home program and you have already made thousands of phone calls this month.
We need you to continue pushing forward by logging in right now. Will you make 50 or 100 calls right now to help Scott Brown win?
This is an example of the use of technology that every conservative candidate needs to embrace in the 2010 election cycle.
@Donald Bly: Thank you for your contribution to Brown’s campaign via the time you spent making those all important phone calls.
And yes, the technology for smart campaigns is getting better and better. I heard that Patrick Ruffini, a trend setter in new campaign tech was helping Brown.
Just one more thought on the funding issue, recall that the Dems Senate Committee had a $4.6 million cash advantage over the NRSCC as of the end of last year:
As I said before, if we are going to keep beating up the NRSCC and denying them contributions, we can hardly be surprised when they don’t have the cash to do more in these races.
Donald Bly
14 years ago
@Mike’s A
I understand the importance of raising funds for political parties, however, I do not belong to any party. I consider myself a fiscal conservative, social libertarian – read that Independent. Like my charitable contributions, which I do my best to make directly to in-need individuals, i do likewise with my contributions to political campaigns.
This is a more time consuming method of contributing because it requires me to do my research but I feel it is an abdication of responsibility to simply give to an organization and expect them to always spend my contribution wisely. Were I a registered Republican I would be more likely to make donations to the RNC. Unfortunately, the Republican’s have in the past claimed the title of fiscally responsible while at the same time spending like drunken sailors. Granted not to the degree that the DemonicRats are inclined.
It will probably take some time of observing the “proof in the pudding” before I feel comfortable making cash contributions to a party. My trust in the “system” is not especially high at the moment and It isn’t really in my nature to simply choose the “lesser of two evils”.
I want to see action/legislation geared toward returning our politicians to a postion of responsiveness to their constituent citizens verses their constituent special interests.
Apparently Brown is going to files criminal compliant charges against Massachusetts Democratic Party over the flier put out to smear him.
The flier claims he’s against giving emergency contraception to rape victims.
Dems really underestimated this man all the way.
http://dailycaller.com/2010/01/16/republican-scott-brown-to-file-criminal-complaint-against-massachusetts-democratic-party-over-flier/
My understanding was that a flyer or an ad said he would turn rape victims away when they come for treatment which is just an outright lie.
I hope he wins, but I’m not holding my breath on any lawsuits he files in that regard.
As linked above, El Curtbo covered the vicious Coakley lie:
I think anything can be happened, So, we have to wait some to see what is waiting for us actually. Thanks for nice information.
let’s contact fox and asked them why brown’s rally yesterday wasn’t covered in equal like as we were foreced to watch obummer’s lack luser performance.
Victory is coming! http://mlajoie2.blogspot.com/2010/01/brown-beauty-rides-again-or-scott-heard.html
@mlajoie2
Thank you for the historical insight. The tie in to the 2010 Massachusetts Senatorial special election and the current political climate is definitely uncanny.
Wonder if King George made fun of the Colonists riding horses instead of carriages? Similiar to King BHO making fun of Scott Brown driving a pick-up truck?
Certainly there would be parallels to the British who made fun of the Colonists, Yankee Doodles, bible-thumpers, country bumpkins, etc — similar to M Coakley declaring this am that healthcare is too “complicated” for the voters to grasp.
Vote Scott Brown – Jan 20!
I meant vote Jan 19th — I was unable to edit the above comment.
Oh I dunno about the typo, American Voter. I think it’s stellar advice to the MA Dems.
Obama must not think people in Mass drive trucks since he’s pretty much insulted them (great way to campaign). Obama also doesn’t seem think that GM trucks are dependable… go figure.
@MH — LOL
Mike–
It looks like I owe you and the NRSC an apology. NRSC worked under the radar in Massachusetts
@John Cooper: Thanks John. I would have been very surprised if they had not done this. And had they given him money in December, it would have been reported to the FEC and the Dems would have been alerted to it.
Also, Brown was 30 points behind just a few months back and sending money at that point might be viewed by some as a waste of money.
Please note also that the Dem Senate Committee has been forced to spend many millions to defend what they previously thought was a safe seat. The Dems have much more cash on hand than the NRSCC and this will help level the playing field.
@Mike’s A
I too must also make ammends concerning my comments on the RNC’s support of Brown. Their “stealth” funding accomplished two things.
1. Helped lull the DemonicRATS into a state of overconfidence
2. Invigorated the grass root support of the TEA Party membership to pick up the slack in the perceived under funding and support of Brown by the RNC.
I have been very impressed by Brown’s use of technology to harness the “energy” of individuals willing to contribute to his election. This means more than just an ability to raise money. I have been making calls on behalf of Brown since before Christmas. The Brown campaign made it very easy for me to contribute my time through their use of web based call lists and scripts. Further, there are many of us out here that are willing to work for candidates outside of our home state when the stakes are high.
I belong to many social networking groups and was able to work with many of the administrators to eblast requests for help getting Brown’s message out but more importantly, how people could contribute by utilizing the call center application.
Many lessons can be learned concerning Brown’s ability to mobilize the people, people that weren’t even in Massachusetts. The RNC needs to do some rework on their website, but also embrace the technology at play in this special election.
We still have a lot of work to do in 2010…. But… Let me make this VERY clear…. If you are a business as usual Republican or DemonicRAT that has a voting record of fiscal irresponsibility, and a propensity to disregard contitutional rights… Be AFRAID.
From Scott Brown’s campaign, I just received this email:
This is an example of the use of technology that every conservative candidate needs to embrace in the 2010 election cycle.
@Donald Bly: Thank you for your contribution to Brown’s campaign via the time you spent making those all important phone calls.
And yes, the technology for smart campaigns is getting better and better. I heard that Patrick Ruffini, a trend setter in new campaign tech was helping Brown.
Just one more thought on the funding issue, recall that the Dems Senate Committee had a $4.6 million cash advantage over the NRSCC as of the end of last year:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2009/12/democrats-have-more-cash-available-for-2010-battle.html
As I said before, if we are going to keep beating up the NRSCC and denying them contributions, we can hardly be surprised when they don’t have the cash to do more in these races.
@Mike’s A
I understand the importance of raising funds for political parties, however, I do not belong to any party. I consider myself a fiscal conservative, social libertarian – read that Independent. Like my charitable contributions, which I do my best to make directly to in-need individuals, i do likewise with my contributions to political campaigns.
This is a more time consuming method of contributing because it requires me to do my research but I feel it is an abdication of responsibility to simply give to an organization and expect them to always spend my contribution wisely. Were I a registered Republican I would be more likely to make donations to the RNC. Unfortunately, the Republican’s have in the past claimed the title of fiscally responsible while at the same time spending like drunken sailors. Granted not to the degree that the DemonicRats are inclined.
It will probably take some time of observing the “proof in the pudding” before I feel comfortable making cash contributions to a party. My trust in the “system” is not especially high at the moment and It isn’t really in my nature to simply choose the “lesser of two evils”.
I want to see action/legislation geared toward returning our politicians to a postion of responsiveness to their constituent citizens verses their constituent special interests.