On The Road
On the road for a few days…hopping from bar to bar…beach to beach. See you in a few days.
Purchased Email Address Lists Work
I hate to disagree with Patrick Ruffini. After all, he has been playing on the web a whole lot longer than I have and to compare my online experiences with his would be pretty absurd. But while Patrick has been playing on the web, I’ve been playing on the streets, running the nuts and bolts of state legislative and US Senate campaigns. He probably has no clue what that’s like.
Here’s what I learned:
People get sick of seeing political television ads during CSI commercial breaks.
People get sick of us filling their mailboxes with political junk mail.
People get sick of us calling them during dinner.
Does that mean we should stop? I’m hoping right now that my opponents are saying yes.
Palmetto MSM Links - 08.28.08
- The State | Conley says S.C.’s Dems controlled by far left
- P&C | Political fundraising call checks out
- P&C | Clyburn talk to focus on troops
- P&C | Superintendents call for funding reform
- P&C | Parish granted legal aid
- S.C. Politics Today | Clyburn: Dems can take back SC House
- SHJ | Prison audit
- GN | S.C. public-school SAT scores drop 5 points
- GN | DeMint crashes Dems’ party
- Aiken Standard | Ryberg: Intent of the law was violated
- Augusta Chronicle | Ryberg: Council exploited loopholes
- P&C | Victims of parole
- The State | Spotlight shines on Clyburn tonight
- The State | Clyburn urges Americans toward greatness
- The State | Palmetto State Democrats fall in line
- The State | Spotlight shines on Clyburn tonight
Palmetto Blog Links - 08.28.08
- Waldo Lydecker’s Journal | Hey- it WAS the first time Scoop had the story, so that counts
- Vierdsen | What went down in Aiken with Bill Clyburn and a radio host?
- Vierdsen | Sources: Lieberman making abortion deal with McCain
- VSC | SAT: But OUR schools did well, right?!
- TPS | ACLU & Ozmint: Two peas in a prison pod?
- TPS | Bob Barr coming to SC
- TPS | Ketner drops two new ads…
- Sen. Kevin Bryant | Tuesday’s reception with the Guv
- Wesley Donehue | Purchased Email Address Lists Work
- FITS | Stuff. Local.
- FITS | South Carolina Has Great Health Care
- FITS | Awesome Interview
- FITS | S.C. Republican Caucus Notes
- The Blogland of Earl Capps | House 124 Democratic candidate arrested for school violence
- Drew McKissick | Greetings from Minneapolis
- Crack the Bell | Congressman Jim Clyburn Addresses The Convention
- Mike Fair | Committee Work Begins
National Links - 08.28.08
- Gallup Daily | McCain 44%, Obama 45%
- Political Radar | Romney Followed by Men with Ear Pieces
- ABC News | ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors
- ABC News | Barack Obama Makes Surprise Appearance After Joe Biden DNC Speech
- WAPO | Abramoff’s Cooperation Brings Call for Leniency
- WAPO | Democrats Nominate Obama
- WAPO | Obama Team Works With Hill Democrats
- WAPO | Democrats Press Battle For 60 Seats In Senate
- RCP | Biden Accepts Veep Nod
- Newsweek | Hirsh: How Biden Would Compare to Cheney
- MSNBC | Kerry: I don’t recognize McCain
- NYT | Stadium scene poses political risks
- CNN | Biden goes on attack in acceptance speech
- Marc Ambinder | RNC Rules Committee Tinkers With Calendar
- AP | Obama set to woo nation with historic speech
- AP | Obama: History in the making, first black nominee
Geek Links - 08.28.08
- TC | Google Expands Its Wiki Approach to Map Making (India Edition)
- Seth’s Blog | The first law of mass media
- RWW | Speed Up RSS? FriendFeed’s Going to Try
- Logic+Emotion | Beyond The Conversation
- Red Herring | Facebook’s New Friend: Worms
- Copyblogger | How to Read
- Chris Brogan | What are Some Social Media Marketing Best Practices
- Chris Brogan | Workflow- Social Media for Marketers
- AdAge | Wednesday Night Proves to Be Great Marketing
- FT | Latest Microsoft browser challenges Google
Palmetto MSM Links - 08.27.08
- The State | Spotlight shines on Clyburn tonight
- Scoppe | How merit pay can improve teachers (hint: It’s not a quick fix)
- P&C | Rex co-headlines forum on obesity
- P&C | Nuclear surge needs waste plan
- S.C. Politics Today | Celebrity citings include Charles Barkely, Romney
- S.C. Politics Today | Clyburn says he and Bill Clinton aren’t feuding
- SHJ | 3rd party candidate lashes out at Obama and McCain
- SHJ | Celebrating the right to vote
- P&C | Graham to address Republicans on last night of gathering
- Washington Times | KERPEN: Drilling down on the drill ban (DeMint
- GN | Senators divided on oil plan
- Augusta Chronicle | Incorporation is blocked by voters
- S.C. Politics Today | Q&A with Democdratic delegates
- S.C. Politics Today | Graham has prime time speech at GOP convention
- S.C. Politics Today | Carville: LSU will pund USC in football
- SHJ | Wilkins reflects on his three years in Ottawa
- AP | ACLU asks for independent S.C. prisons audit
- The State | Clyburn: Conley can stay out of line
- GN | Barrett seeks to speed up drought aid
- GN | Graham to address convention
- Brad Warthen’s Blog | No, I’m NOT going to the conventions. And you?
Palmetto Blog Links - 08.27.08
- Mike Fair | Committee Work Begins
- The Conservativists | BI - Business Intelligence, Bob Inglis, or a New Tax
- The Blogland of Earl Capps | Budget shortfall sounds alarm for budget reforms
- Seeding Spartanburg | The “Z” Word
- Barbecue & Politics | Summer in Review
- FITS | Mississippi’s Mad
- Waldo Lydecker’s Journal | More on what conventions are for
- VSC | SAT: Public Schools Down, Private Schools Up
- TPS | Columbia ad is Famously Stolen’
- TPS | McCain takes lead for first time
- TPS | In on-air fight, Scarborough says MSNBC only feigns impartiality
- TPS | Graham gets Thursday night spot at convention
- The Conservativist | Spartanburg GOP vs Conley - Round 2
- FITS | Small Biz Champs
- FITS | Cardboard Lindsey?
- FITS | Morning Bland
- FITS | Ranking The TV Babes
- Crack the Bell | Self Congratulations
National Links - 08.27.08
- Gallup | Conservative Democrats Peeling Away From Obama
- WAPO | Obama, Biden’s Son Linked by Earmarks
- WAPO | Detroit Mayor Could Face Removal
- WAPO | Many Clinton Supporters Say Speech Didn’t Heal Divisions
- WAPO | ‘Barack Obama Is My Candidate’
- The Fix | Convention Cheat Sheet: Unite the Clans!
- The Fix | Clinton’s Speech: Was It Enough?
- ABC News | In Montana, Obama Puts Finishing Touches on his Speech
- MSNBC | Obama calls both Clintons to praise speech
- FOX | The RNC Meets to Draft Their Platform: Sparks Fly on the Issue of Illegal Immigration
- Hot Air | Clinton delivers for Obama
- CNN | Bill Clinton to take center stage at Democratic convention
- CNN | Analysis: Clinton speech was ‘generous,’ ‘authentic’
- CNN | America needs Obama, says ex-Virginia governor
- CNN | Castellanos: What Clinton didn’t say
- CNN | CNN poll: McCain has advantage on national security
- Fox | Roll Call Vote Will Put Clinton’s Unity Speech to the Test
- ABC News | Clinton Teams to Keep Critics in Line
- ABC News | Hillary Clinton To Democrats in Denver: ‘No Way, No How, No McCain’
- MSNBC | McCain criticizes Obama’s foreign policy
- McClatchy | Pressure’s on with McCain expected to make VP pick Friday
- SFG | McCain in California looking for money
- WSJ | Obama to Highlight Tax Cuts For Middle Class in Speech
- Boston Herald | It’s time to put aside hurt feelings
Geek Links - 08.27.08
- ABC News | Voters’ Cells Haven’t Seen The Last of Obama
- ABC News | Bloggers Vie for More Influence in Official Party Biz
- CNN | Commentary: Internet can strengthen democracy
- Mashable | Government 2.0: Being Individually Empowerful
- MAshable | Eight Tools for Capturing Screenshots in Firefox 3
- Mashable | Blogger Michelle Malkin Attacked in Denver near DNC08
- Tech Republican | LinkedIn Announces Expansion of Groups Feature
- Bivings | Obama’s Vice President E-mail and Text Messaging Campaign
- Computer World | Why Google has lost its mojo — and why you should care
- VentureBeat | As Facebook hits 100 million user mark, twenty percent have already opted in to the redesign
- TC | Study: Blogs Love Obama, News Sites Love McCain. But McCain Is Catching Up By Going Negative.
- TC | Google Will Now Manage Your Website’s Ads
- Scobleizer | Blog Archive Mozilla gives the passionates one with Ubiquity “
- e.politics | Online Social Networks in Politics: Promise, Frustration and…
- Copyblogger | How to Jolt Your Reader Into Paying Attention
- Chris Brogan | Inbox Taming for Busy People
- Chris Brogan | The Old Advertising Merry Go Round
- GoGamecocks | USC sitting pretty with stadium improvements
Cardboard Lindsey Reminds me of Cardboard Debbie
All this talk of Bob Conley’s Cardboard Lindsey stunt reminds me a lot of this Cardboard Debbie ad we ran in Michigan. The difference…Lindsey Graham does have a whole lot there…as in the ability to handle a tough situation in Georgia.
LIARs and RINOs. A Split in the GOP.
Yesterday I was ranked #94 in Will Folks’ South Carolina Power 100 Politicos. I’m not too excited because let’s be honest, #94 out of 100 doesn’t make me the man or anything. And because really…what does that mean anyway? I am shocked however that Will acknowledged my work at all and for that I am appreciative.
In ranking the most powerful Palmetto politicos, Will also notes their party, their fiscal conservative rating, and their status as a change agent. He completely ignores social conservatism. Will calls me a RINO, gives me a 10% fiscal conservative rating, and says that I’m not a change agent.
I guess Will forgot that I helped elect Senator Jim DeMint, one of the most conservative US Senators in America, and I continue to help lead his national web efforts. I also helped elect State Senators Chip Campsen and Shane Massey and have been involved in State Senator Greg Ryberg’s campaign efforts for the last few years. No one would argue that those are some of South Carolina’s strongest fiscal conservatives.
I bring Will’s ranking up because it made me think about the following analysis I wrote last month but have been hesitant to post. Here it is…
During the past few years we have seen the term “RINO” meaning “Republican In Name Only” thrown at half of our Republican legislators. We hear it from third party groups, legislators, and even our Governor. What’s concerning about the RINO accusation is that you only hear it in terms of fiscal conservatism. RINOs are always those Republicans who supposedly vote for tax and spending increases, but that demands an immediate question that no one has yet asked or answered:
Palmetto MSM Links - 08.26.08
- The State | Clinton holdouts hold on
- The State |Next S.C. governor? Depends on next president
- SHJ | Who’s paying the bill
- SHJ | GOP in county plans to carry McCain’s banner across South
- SC Now | State Rep. Clemmons opposing AVX emissions
- GN | Graham to seek aid for invaded ally Georgia
- The Augusta Chronicle | State deems ballot group’s activities OK
- SC Now | Healthier state may come with incentive plans rather than fees
- The State | S.C. staff builds Obama bid
- S.C. Politics Today | Live Blogging the DNC Convention
- AP | Democratic senate candidate wants to debate Graham
- AP | Water, power savings program OK’d for SC prisons
- GN | Gresham Barrett seeks to hasten federal drought assistance
Palmetto Blog Links - 08.26.08
- The Conservativist | Spartanburg GOP vs Bob Conley - Round 1
- Swamp Fox | University of South Carolina ranked in Top 10 Most Promising and Innovative Schools’ in the nation
- NVB | Legal Sources
- FITS | WCBD: Lawmaker Passes The Buck
- FITS | Leatherman Just Got Serviced
- FITS | A-Tooty-Test, A-Tooty-Test, A-Tooty-Test Test
- Elonkey | Where it’s at
- Elonkey | The 2008 Swing Voters
- Crack the Bell | DNC Live Bloggin
- Waldo Lydecker’s Journal | Why conventions count
- The Blogland of Earl Capps | Time to scrutinize higher ed?
- Nathan’s News | NERD ALERT!! Wife and I are both “twitterin” now
- FITS | We’re Never Listening To Local TV Again
- Elonke | Live Blogging: Day 1 of DNC ‘08
- TPS | Bob Conley is unoriginal
- TPS | A few Case of the Mondays Scoops
- TPS | President McCain = Power for SC
- SCSRC | Sen. Mike Fair Blogs From RNC
- VSC | Support for choice among public school teachers
- The Digitel | What the Democratic National Convention means to South Carolina
- Vierdsonian | Howard Rich’s pool boy announces his puppetmaster is in the clear
- The Garnet Spy | Search Your Feelings, You Know It To Be True!
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