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2000-2020 Archive

Another Red California Seat On The Line-- One That No One Expects To Flip Blue?

May 29
5 min

Another Red California Seat On The Line-- One That No One Expects To Flip Blue?

Let's Talk With Derek Marshall In The Victor Valley On Saturday morning, the Wall Street Journal reported that big cities lost more...

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So Many Candidates-- How Do You Know Who To Vote For? That's What Campaign Websites Are For

Howie Klein

Apr 24
8 min

So Many Candidates-- How Do You Know Who To Vote For? That's What Campaign Websites Are For

Let's Start With The Wisconsin Senate Race Some candidates run for office primarily because they believe in using government to...

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Want To End Marco Rubio's Career? Why Alan Grayson Can-- And Val Demings Can't

Howie Klein

Apr 16
7 min

Want To End Marco Rubio's Career? Why Alan Grayson Can-- And Val Demings Can't

In this interview (above) with Rachel Maddow about healthcare over a decade ago, Alan Grayson told her that Democrats have been fooled...

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Howie Klein

Apr 9
4 min

How To Win An Election

Yesterday, Nicole Sandler had one of the smartest Democratic strategists in the business on her radio show, political scientist Rachel...

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Campaign Surrogates-- Who Helps, Who Hurts

Howie Klein

Mar 8
6 min

Campaign Surrogates-- Who Helps, Who Hurts

I asked some of the candidates endorsed by Blue America which political leader they would like most to come to their district to campaign...

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Never Volunteered For A Campaign? This Is Certainly The Year To Start

Howie Klein

Jan 8
3 min

Never Volunteered For A Campaign? This Is Certainly The Year To Start

This week, I've had an ongoing e-mail exchange with one of my oldest friends. Like virtually all of my oldest friends, he's retired now,...

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Alan Grayson-- Another Valuable Lesson On How To Make An Effective E-mail Appeal

Howie Klein

Dec 20, 2021
2 min

Alan Grayson-- Another Valuable Lesson On How To Make An Effective E-mail Appeal

Grayson was one of the OG online fundraisers, the first in the House to raise most of his campaign funds from grassroots and online...

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Mike Siegel

Dec 17, 2021
3 min

Ground Game Texas-- A Guest Post From Julie Oliver And Mike Siegel

We started Ground Game Texas with a simple idea: investing in year-round organizing works. So, our very first initiative in April and May...

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Howie Klein

Dec 5, 2021
4 min

Oppo Research-- An Introductory Primer

-by Jason Call Congressional candidate (WA-02) When an incumbent is challenged from within their own party, as I am doing (for all...

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Want To Run For Office? Here's Some Advice

Howie Klein

Oct 20, 2021
3 min

Want To Run For Office? Here's Some Advice

Isaac Bryan, a 29 year old academic high achiever who came from a huge foster family, was elected to the California Assembly in a special...

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Now That They've Crossed The Rubicon Into Fascism, What Can We Expect From The GOP?

Howie Klein

Oct 3, 2021
3 min

Now That They've Crossed The Rubicon Into Fascism, What Can We Expect From The GOP?

Last week, Caleb Rogers wrote about one of those chain letters that come-- in the snail mail with a stamp-- accusing the Democratic Party...

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What Are Democratic Candidates Offering? Sometimes It's Hard To Say

Howie Klein

Sep 26, 2021
6 min

What Are Democratic Candidates Offering? Sometimes It's Hard To Say

If the most important-- life or death-- struggle for a candidate and their backers right now is to just get elected, what will they be...

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Democrats Can Win The Midterms-- But The DCCC Can't

Howie Klein

Aug 23, 2021
6 min

Democrats Can Win The Midterms-- But The DCCC Can't

Every time I've done anything Google related this week, I've gotten a Gavin Newsom ad. They're annoying and they're constant-- so...

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