As the American media focuses on the circus that is the Republican Presidential Primary, people all over the spectrum are commenting. Near all of the people commenting from the center to the left want the primary to go all the way to the end, bloodying the eventual nominee as much as possible. Many on the […]
Read More →Unconventional Wisdom: Partisanship isn’t the problem.
Play this video and listen as you read this post. You’re welcome. Jill Sobule @ Netroots Nation 2011 I sent the following to a request for comment/advice regarding a bright young man’s effort to make a difference through a “bi-partisan organization”: I don’t do anything (political) non-partisan or bi-partisan. Partisanship isnt the problem, […]
Read More →I Ran. Into a Wall.
UPDATE: The posting below will remain intact despite the completely corrupt process and invalid elections held by the Florida Young Democrats. After ignoring important components of the organization’s Constitution to the detriment of the membership, the President chose to enforce fine print of sections of the Constitution that were modified and unavailable until just days […]
Read More →FYD Convention, FDP JJ and Netroots Nation 2011!
Over the next few weeks I’ll be on the road, attending the Florida Young Democrats 2011 Convention which will be occurring in conjunction with the Florida Democratic Party’s Jefferson Jackson Weekend at the Westin-Diplomat in Hollywood, Florida and Netroots Nation 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the FYD Convention, I’ll be conducting a training session on planning […]
Read More →Free Consults Offered at Netroots Nation 2011!
If you are planning to attend Netroots Nation 2011 in Minneapolis and you are planning to run this cycle or next cycle, or just maybe someday, MPA Political will be providing free consulting sessions. Over the course of 30 to 90 minutes, MPA Political will provide you with a better understanding of the campaign […]
Read More →PowerShift 2011 Southeastern Region & on to DC!
I spent this past weekend at the southeastern regional training for trainers (t4t) of PowerShift 2011 From PowerShift2011.org: This spring, over 10,000 young leaders will converge on Washington, DC to stand up for our future. At Power Shift 2011, we’ll stand together to reclaim our democracy from big corporations and push our nation to move beyond […]
Read More →Did you hear that?!
I got up early this morning to appear on WJCT’s First Coast Connect, hosted by Melissa Ross. I was joined by Republican political consultant Jim Varian and Abel Harding of the Jacksonville Times-Union, we discussed Jacksonville’s Mayoral election results featuring Alvin Brown, Audrey Moran, Mike Hogan and Rick Mullaney. Congrats to Alvin Brown, as he […]
Read More →DC: DMO Training, Summit on Jobs, Pound Coffee
My adventure to the Nation’s Capitol, with a fantastic 1-day conference hosted by Campaign for America’s Future, “Summit on Jobs and America’s Future” and a Democratic Municipal Officials conference where I will be leading a training session on speaking as a surrogate. You can find a pdf of my training materials for the DMO session […]
Read More →Conventional Un-Wisdom: The Candidate’s Spouse is Above the Campaign
Conventional Un-Wisdom: The Candidate’s spouse is above the campaign, they are not subject to the rules and expectations and should not be subjected to training and preparation. They know the candidate better than anyone and thus are more than capable of representing the candidate’s character and capacity in support of the campaign without guidance or […]
Read More →Conventional Un-Wisdom: We Lost Because They Beat Us At Vote By Mail
Conventional Un-Wisdom: We lost because they beat us at Vote by Mail (or Early Voting), next year we will focus on closing the VBM (EV) gap. This Un-Wisdom was heard in a number of states following the 2010 elections, often spoken by prominent establishment figures as part of recapping the 2010 elections and setting the […]
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