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admin @ June 29, 2009 # One Comment
Will the new, non-centrist Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario find success reaching back to the Mike Harris years? Or rather is it the Bill Davis Big Blue Machine that is the key to Progressive Conservative success?
admin @ June 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
As a critic of media, in particular of cable/satellite “news,” I’m troubled by American corporate-media, in particular CNN’s near non-stop coverage of the turmoil in Iran. Not because the story isn’t important. It’s critically important and warrants the personal coverage it’s getting from the Iranian people as they bypass corporate channels to tell their stories on facebook, youtube, flickr and twitter.
admin @ May 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! One left week to register as an Ontario Progressive Conservative Party member and vote!
(When it comes to the idea of provincial PC’s , the first thought that should enters the mind is “is there a differentiation between the federal and provincial parties anymore?” )
In any case, May 14 is the deadline to pony up ten bucks for party membership and a right to participate in the June 21 and 25 “preferential ballot” vote, in time for the Markham convention on June 26 - 28. [i]“An advance poll will open on Sunday, June 21st from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm “according to the official OCPC website, and “Voting day will be Thursday, June 25th from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm at voting locations across the province.”
admin @ April 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet
So part of the reason Senator Specter made the switch to join the Democrats is so that he would not lose his place on the ballot as senatorial candidate of the Republican Party in 2010. The general consensus is that Specter will not have any serious Democratic primary opponents that could unseat him next year. I understand Senator Specter wants to win another term but I did not expect him to switch parties to do so.
Until at least the midterm elections next year, two Democratic senators will represent my home state.
This is a first in my lifetime.
admin @ April 20, 2009 # No Comment Yet
With a 2 - 8 week window open until oral arguments are heard, it could be almost be in May until the Minnesota Supreme Court hears any presentation of Norm Coleman’s appeal in the seemingly endless U.S. Senate race.
After a 7 week long trial by a three judge panel in the lower courts of Minnesota, Coleman refuses to concede his loss to challenger Al Franken. Coleman filed a notice of appeal declaring he want the Supreme Court of MN to overturn the lower court’s ruling.
Filing with the Minnesota Supreme Court, Coleman this afternoon appealed the rulings of the three-judge panel that declared last week that Al Franken received the most votes and that the 2008 U.S. Senate election was a properly executed election.
admin @ April 6, 2009 # One Comment
On March 20-23, the third meeting of the Campaign to Establish a Cabinet Level Dept of Peace met at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, Arlington VA. The location itself feels paradoxical - conference goers meet in this location surrounded by the offices of some of the biggest organizations that solely exist to profit from war and unrest; KBR (Haliburton), Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and any number of offices of lobbyists that are situated a stone’s throw across the Potomac from the legislative core of the United States.
admin @ February 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Washington DC, Sat.Mar 21st, March on the Pentagon - Be There. Details Below.
admin @ February 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Pt 3 - General Election 2008
There was no let up in the campaign after the Fellows Program ended. Quite the contrary. Iona, Dawn and Peter were hired as Field Organizers. We quickly began building upon the work we had done in the summer. Field Organizers were divided up into township areas for the general election. Andrew was assigned the Greater Media and Great Middletown teams. Peter was assigned to Chester and soon after the summer the Obama campaign opened an office in Chester. Dawn was assigned to greater Yeadon and Iona to greater Chadds Ford. Julie was assigned to Upper Darby and Jessi to Ardmore. The Ardmore office was the third to open. As the campaign moved on, Josh was hired for the Ridley area, Matt was hired to work with Andrew and Omari was hired to work with Peter in Chester. Offices were opened in Darby, Upper Darby and Ridley later in the campaign.
admin @ January 25, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In April 2008, the Obama campaign sent out a notice to volunteers that they were starting an unprecedented summer internship called the Obama Organizing Fellows Program. The purpose of the program was to transition the campaign from its primary campaign victory to the general election campaign. The program was instituted in seventeen battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Minnesota, and Colorado.
I will always remember the video that Senator Obama made for the application that said the work would be hard but the experience would be something we would never forget.
admin @ January 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
So for your enjoyment in the meantime, please peruse some of the photos that John took from the ground level of the Mall. His Ianuguration Day randon photos can be viewed by clicking HERE .
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