How to Enjoy Your Television in Peace
Are you already sick of campaign commercials? Given that since the August 10th primaries, U.S. Senate candidates Richard Blumenthal and Linda McMahon have spent at least $285k on 216 spots, no one would blame you for feeling this way. Last week, I did a bit of research for my Connecticut News Junkie piece on the [...]
» Read MoreMaking the Same Mistakes Again
While it is true that there are almost as many campaign maxims as there are campaigns, the one offered by Ben Davol to listeners of WNPR’s election night coverage was particularly cogent: don’t sit on a lead. But this primary lesson, it seems, hasn’t been learned by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal.
» Read MoreThings That Make You Go Wee!
Foursquare is a social networking platform that allows users to “check in” to places that they visit on a regular basis. In addition to being a fun way of seeing what your friends are doing and where they are, it also is a game; awarding points on the basis of number of check-ins, etc. Check it out and become my friend on Foursquare!
» Read MoreState Capitol Visit: Rhode Island State House
It’s the Ocean State and you can see water, but that doesn’t mean its the Rhode Island State House. It might have been the massive mall across the street. But it was.
» Read MoreThe Truth about “Jobs” Governors
In a lousy economy, the buzzword with every candidate is “jobs”. Each one has a jobs plan and most of them feature a slogan about creating jobs or otherwise getting Connecticut back to work. To a man, each one pledges that their political party will be better on creating jobs and fixing the state’s budget deficit than the other. Republicans blame the Democratic legislature and Democrats blame the Republican Governor. The cycle completes itself.
» Read MoreCourts Water Down Public Financing System
With the August 10th party primary elections just around the corner, turning on your television is getting more and more dangerous by the day. Candidates of all stripes are looking for you and they want your votes. The rules governing how this blizzard of advertising is financed are convoluted on their best day and byzantine the rest of the time. Recent actions the federal appeals courts have made the situation worse.
» Read MoreState Capitol Visit: Colorado State Capitol
It was like a nice replica of Washington, D.C. with squeaky clean streets, beautiful mountains, something called onyx. They called it the Colorado State Capitol.
» Read MoreState Capitol Visit: Wyoming State Capitol
Some said it couldn’t be done, but then again those people probably haven’t looked at a map. I did look at a map and saw that Cheyenne, Wyoming, though the capital of a state known for its emptiness, wasn’t far from Denver and that, my friends, was good enough.
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