AZ First Congressional District Needs Your Help
I live in the first congressional district in Arizona and we have a one-term republican carpetbagger representing us who is a good target for democrats to gain a seat from. The district contains more...
View ArticleAZ First Congressional Update (The huge challenge ahead)
I just learned that VP Cheney will be coming to Phoenix on March 15th to host a fund-raiser for the Republican incumbent Rick Renzi. Click here to read the article. Here are some of the important...
View ArticleAZ First Congressional District - Grassroots Sprouting
Last night, former Dean supporters and others gathered for the first ever Paul Babbitt for Congress meetup. For those of you who don't know, AZ1 is going to be a very competitive race. This is...
View ArticleAZ First Congressional Update (Q1 Ending, Please Help)
I've shared in my previous diaries information about the Arizona 1st congressional district. In this district democrats are in the majority, yet we are represented by a Bush rubber-stamping republican....
View ArticleHow was your Dem Party Meetup?
In Flagstaff, Arizona we had 36 attendees not counting the kids. It was a head-spinning meetup with so much going on. But it was also a strange mix of party regulars and the new grassroots movement. We...
View ArticleAZ-1 Poll Due on April 13th
The 1st congressional district in Arizona is one that we should all be watching closely this election year. The seat is help by a one-term republican in a district that has more Democrats then...
View ArticleAZ-1 First Poll Numbers Have Been Released
The Social Research Laboratory at Northern Arizona University has released the first poll numbers for the congressional race between one-termer, rubber-stamping Republican Rick Renzi and the Democratic...
View ArticleAZ First Congressional District: Big (but no surprise) Endorsement
Paul Babbitt the democrat running against the one-term republican in Arizona Congressional District 1, picked up an important endorsement yesterday. The AFL-CIO has formerly announced their endorsement...
View ArticleRunning TV Ads in Your Own Local Small Market
As if my log-in name didn't state it clearly, I live in Flagstaff, Arizona. A small TV market with a population of about 50K. In this state, we feel that we are one of the states that could go either...
View ArticlePants On Fire
I'm sure most of you have heard about TrueMajority's Pants on Fire float. I was lucky enough to have the float in my town. I hope posting about this isn't inappropriate but the week has been so hard a...
View ArticleArizona Nader Challenge Update
Kos is correct that volunteers are working in Phoenix this weekend to examine each of the names entered on Nader's petitions. I was given permission to blog the current numbers. Total Number of...
View ArticleHelp! Kerry Mask Needed
OK, this might be a strange post and I may get pelted for it. But I feel like this is a community where one can go for help. My local Kerry meetup group is planning an entry for Kerry in our 4th of...
View ArticleThe Patriotification of Holidays
Have you noticed how each holiday is beginning to look more and more like the 4th of July? First it was Veterans Day. All the right, white and blue draped over everything. Then it was Memorial Day. I...
View ArticleHelp With Taking Online Contributions
I am the web developer for a Democratic Party county web site in Arizona. I am tasked with adding functionality that allows us to take online credit card contributions. At this point, I have decided...
View ArticleBreaking the Habit
It's been six months since the last time I did it and I feel so much better. Don't get me wrong, there still are days that I want to do it. But most days I feel so much better without it. My addiction...
View ArticleDem Candidate Calls for Firing and Arrest of O'Reilly
Mike Caccioppoli is running for congress in Arizona CD-1 as a Democrat. Yesterday, he called for the immediate firing and arrest of Bill O'Reilly for O'Reilly's dangerous remarks made with regards to...
View ArticleBuying Corrupt Repub Renzi in AZ-1's Vote
Embattled Republican Representative Rick Renzi from Arizona CD-1 has already made the 13 Most Corrupt Members of Congress list. Now, he has shown us exactly how much his vote costs, $26,000. Renzi is...
View ArticleMNF Stroke Fest
(I Tivo'd the Monday Night Football game and it is currently half time. So, these impressions are based on the half time and don't include any of the pre-game festivities.) I'm being driven crazy by...
View ArticleHelp Get New Ads on the Air in AZ-01
A couple of years ago, members of the local chapter of DFA in Flagstaff formed a 527 called DFA-Flagstaff. They have become an influential activist group in Northern Arizona. The group has had success...
View ArticleWhat to do about Michigan and Florida (With Poll)
OK, I suspect this will get shot down pretty quickly. But, let’s say we get through all the states and Puerto Rico and we still don’t have a Democratic candidate with enough delegates.How about if...
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