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06 October 2008
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NBC/WSJ Poll: Obama Widens Lead 49-43
06 October 2008
Media polls influence narrative. We need to pay attention to the CNN poll (Obama 53-45), the trackers... all the polls. But this, along with ABC/WaPo, CBS/NY Times, Pew and Gallup, is one of the most influential of the national polls. NBC/WSJ Poll 10/3-5 (9/19-22) MoE +/- 3.8 Obama 49 (48) McCain 43 (46) Other points of interest... remember we told you that the polls said Obama and Biden won their respective debates? The NBC/WSJ poll agrees. By a 21 point margin, 50%-29%, voters said the Democrats had the debate edge over rival Republican running mates John McCain and Sarah Palin, while 10% of respondents said the two tickets were equally as good and 4% said neither was good. OTOH, racism is alive and well: And cautionary notes remain for Sen. Obama. The poll suggests that the first African-American to win a major party nomination could be vulnerable to race-based attacks tying him to unpopular black figures such as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor and Al Sharpton, an outspoken and controversial figure. Thirty-five percent of all voters -- and 40% of white voters -- said those connections bother them. This is absent any candidate or party pressing hard on those themes, something Republicans have hinted they may start to raise more aggressively in the campaign's closing days. Also of note: Independent voters are among the most important voting blocks because many of them would consider voting for either candidate. In the last WSJ/NBC poll two weeks ago, independents favored Sen. McCain by 13 points. The new survey finds Sen. Obama leading by four points. And Sen. McCain's support in rural areas and small towns, where he led by 21 points after his convention, has steadily dropped and he now has just a three-point edge. Remember to factor in your standing... it's not easy for Sarah Palin to attack when you are 41-50 not qualified to serve. Biden's "qualified" is 74-18, including 62% of McCain voters. That's what the debates taught the American voters. More to come when the full poll is published.
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NBC/WSJ Poll: Obama Widens Lead 49-43
06 October 2008
Media polls influence narrative. We need to pay attention to the CNN poll (Obama 53-45), the trackers... all the polls. But this, along with ABC/WaPo, CBS/NY Times, Pew and Gallup, is one of the most influential of the national polls. NBC/WSJ Poll 10/3-5 (9/19-22) MoE +/- 3.8 Obama 49 (48) McCain 43 (46) Other points of interest... remember we told you that the polls said Obama and Biden won their respective debates? The NBC/WSJ poll agrees. By a 21 point margin, 50%-29%, voters said the Democrats had the debate edge over rival Republican running mates John McCain and Sarah Palin, while 10% of respondents said the two tickets were equally as good and 4% said neither was good. OTOH, racism is alive and well: And cautionary notes remain for Sen. Obama. The poll suggests that the first African-American to win a major party nomination could be vulnerable to race-based attacks tying him to unpopular black figures such as the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor and Al Sharpton, an outspoken and controversial figure. Thirty-five percent of all voters -- and 40% of white voters -- said those connections bother them. This is absent any candidate or party pressing hard on those themes, something Republicans have hinted they may start to raise more aggressively in the campaign's closing days. Also of note: Independent voters are among the most important voting blocks because many of them would consider voting for either candidate. In the last WSJ/NBC poll two weeks ago, independents favored Sen. McCain by 13 points. The new survey finds Sen. Obama leading by four points. And Sen. McCain's support in rural areas and small towns, where he led by 21 points after his convention, has steadily dropped and he now has just a three-point edge. Remember to factor in your standing... it's not easy for Sarah Palin to attack when you are 41-50 not qualified to serve. Biden's "qualified" is 74-18, including 62% of McCain voters. That's what the debates taught the American voters. More to come when the full poll is published.
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WA-Gov: Buildergate Heats Up
06 October 2008
Dino Rossi's role in the illegal fundraising activities by the state's Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) (which I posted about last week, could be building. Here's Goldy: The Buildergate scandal takes a new twist this morning as former Washington State Supreme Court Justices Faith Ireland and Robert Utter filed notice with Attorney General Rob McKenna of their intent to bring suit against Republican gubernatorial challenger Dino Rossi, alleging illegal campaign coordination with the Building Industry Association of Washingtion (BIAW) and its political committees. They also filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court claiming that the BIAW’s coordination with Rossi disqualify it from making "independent" expenditures in the 2008 gubernatorial. These dramatic legal developments could have a huge impact on the gubernatorial race. The BIAW has already spent over $2 million on behalf of Rossi this year, mostly smearing Governor Chris Gregoire, and plans to spend an additional $700,000 during the final weeks of the campaign. The justices are asking that further "over limit" expenditures be barred by court order. Well, it will heat up if the pathetic local media starts doing its job. (Note: the state's largest daily, the Seattle Times, didn't even run the story in its print edition.) Thus far, reporting on the scandal has been mostly been Rossi's denials of any knowledge of the illegal activity, when they've bothered to report it. Which is kind of hard to swallow, given the opinion of these Justices after having reviewed the evidence: The evidence upon which we base our legal action can be construed to show that Dino Rossi was not just a beneficiary of these illegal activities, but was a knowing and active participant. The evidence shows, moreover, that the attack ads of the BIAW are not really "independent" of their beneficiary Dino Rossi. This is because Dino Rossi helped the BIAW to amass the war chest for these attack ads. This is an important issue for all races. Special interests are increasingly supporting candidates through "independent expenditures" that are not subject to contribution limits. These "independent" campaigns also tend to contain the most vicious and dubious negative attacks, since the benefitting candidate can say that they have no control over these messages. It is critical to enforce the law that prohibits candidates from providing fundraising assistance to or otherwise coordinating with "independent" committees. The fact that Dino Rossi had not publicly declared his candidacy when this alleged coordination took place is not a defense. A person becomes a candidate when he helps a political committee to amass a war chest to support his candidacy. And the evidence suggests this is what happened here. If this coordination took place, then the BIAW’s expenditures would not qualify as an independent expenditure, and would be legally limited to $2,800. The millions of dollars of attack ads that have blanketed our airwaves would be illegal, and further expenditures should be enjoined. A great deal of damage has already been done by those attack ads, which continue to blithely lie about Christine Gregoire's record as governor, and about the health of the state's economy. At the very least, the people of Washington who have been subjected to Rossi's ads, plastered all over cable television all summer long, deserve to know that they were paid for illegally. This is the key gubernatorial race in the country and the Republicans will do anything for revenge for 2004, and is evidence of how much mileage you can get out of sour grapes. Particularly when you've got such a lazy traditional media going for you. Update: Good news from Goldy: Shortly after receiving a complaint in Utter vs. BIAW this morning alleging illegal collaboration between Dino Rossi and the Building Industry Association of Washington, a King County Superior Court judge has issued an order approving the plaintiffs’ request to immediately subpoena witnesses and begin taking depositions. Subpoenas will be served by October 7, and depositions will begin October 15.
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WA-Gov: Buildergate Heats Up
06 October 2008
Dino Rossi's role in the illegal fundraising activities by the state's Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) (which I posted about last week, could be building. Here's Goldy: The Buildergate scandal takes a new twist this morning as former Washington State Supreme Court Justices Faith Ireland and Robert Utter filed notice with Attorney General Rob McKenna of their intent to bring suit against Republican gubernatorial challenger Dino Rossi, alleging illegal campaign coordination with the Building Industry Association of Washingtion (BIAW) and its political committees. They also filed a lawsuit in King County Superior Court claiming that the BIAW’s coordination with Rossi disqualify it from making "independent" expenditures in the 2008 gubernatorial. These dramatic legal developments could have a huge impact on the gubernatorial race. The BIAW has already spent over $2 million on behalf of Rossi this year, mostly smearing Governor Chris Gregoire, and plans to spend an additional $700,000 during the final weeks of the campaign. The justices are asking that further "over limit" expenditures be barred by court order. Well, it will heat up if the pathetic local media starts doing its job. (Note: the state's largest daily, the Seattle Times, didn't even run the story in its print edition.) Thus far, reporting on the scandal has been mostly been Rossi's denials of any knowledge of the illegal activity, when they've bothered to report it. Which is kind of hard to swallow, given the opinion of these Justices after having reviewed the evidence: The evidence upon which we base our legal action can be construed to show that Dino Rossi was not just a beneficiary of these illegal activities, but was a knowing and active participant. The evidence shows, moreover, that the attack ads of the BIAW are not really "independent" of their beneficiary Dino Rossi. This is because Dino Rossi helped the BIAW to amass the war chest for these attack ads. This is an important issue for all races. Special interests are increasingly supporting candidates through "independent expenditures" that are not subject to contribution limits. These "independent" campaigns also tend to contain the most vicious and dubious negative attacks, since the benefitting candidate can say that they have no control over these messages. It is critical to enforce the law that prohibits candidates from providing fundraising assistance to or otherwise coordinating with "independent" committees. The fact that Dino Rossi had not publicly declared his candidacy when this alleged coordination took place is not a defense. A person becomes a candidate when he helps a political committee to amass a war chest to support his candidacy. And the evidence suggests this is what happened here. If this coordination took place, then the BIAW’s expenditures would not qualify as an independent expenditure, and would be legally limited to $2,800. The millions of dollars of attack ads that have blanketed our airwaves would be illegal, and further expenditures should be enjoined. A great deal of damage has already been done by those attack ads, which continue to blithely lie about Christine Gregoire's record as governor, and about the health of the state's economy. At the very least, the people of Washington who have been subjected to Rossi's ads, plastered all over cable television all summer long, deserve to know that they were paid for illegally. This is the key gubernatorial race in the country and the Republicans will do anything for revenge for 2004, and is evidence of how much mileage you can get out of sour grapes. Particularly when you've got such a lazy traditional media going for you. Update: Good news from Goldy: Shortly after receiving a complaint in Utter vs. BIAW this morning alleging illegal collaboration between Dino Rossi and the Building Industry Association of Washington, a King County Superior Court judge has issued an order approving the plaintiffs’ request to immediately subpoena witnesses and begin taking depositions. Subpoenas will be served by October 7, and depositions will begin October 15.
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Protect the Vote: “Malicious and Stupid” Montana Republicans
06 October 2008
Last week I posted on the Montana Republican party's efforts to disenfranchise 6,000 voters in six predominantly Democratic counties. More details, and reactions, have emerged over the weekend, including some of the people they have on their list. Consider Army 1st Lt. Kevin Furey of Helena, a former Montana state representative. Furey got the news just days before he will ship off to Kuwait and then Iraq for his second tour of duty. "It is ironic that at the same time I am about to return to Iraq to help build a democracy that my own right to vote is being challenged at home for partisan purposes. These challenges are a blatant and offensive attempt to suppress the rights of voters," Furey said in a telephone interview from Chicago, where he was on leave visiting his ailing grandmother. Furey submitted a change of address to his post office, so that his mail will go to his parents' house while he's deployed. Pretty nefarious stuff, there. It gets, unbelievably, worse. This is from an op-ed written this weekend by Montana's lt. governor, John Bohlinger: Frank St. Pierre, of Anaconda, fought in World War II. He is one of the most decorated living veterans in America. And yet, on Wednesday, my party — the Montana Republican Party — tried to invalidate his voter registration because he lives in a county with a lot of Democrats. Incredible as this may sound to you, it is the truth... A significant number of the 6,000 voters targeted were servicemen, including Kevin Furey, a former state legislator from Missoula who left the legislature to serve in Iraq; Cindie Kalan-Green, who is also serving in Iraq; and Mathew Robison, who I am told has been deployed to Fort Drum. Many were college students and elderly people. For example, Babe Aspholm, of Anaconda, an elderly man, simply moved across town from his house to a senior living center. The Republicans tried to void his registration. Tom Detonacour, a policeman from Deer Lodge County who simply bought a house in another county, also got targeted. But worst of all is the legendary Frank St. Pierre, 86, also of Anaconda, who helped save thousands of allied troops at Dunkirk in World War II and has 10 Medals of Honor. St. Pierre, too, moved from one end of town to the other, and the Republicans tried to void his and his wife's registrations. I have a copy of the signed affidavits from the Republicans, declaring that Frank and Marilyn St. Pierre's voter registrations must be purged. An utter disgrace. That's the stupid part of the move by the Republican, according to Matt Singer, director of Forward Montana, with whom I spoke this morning. "This shows how insane the list is." It proves how terrible their list is, and how terrible the standards they used to draw up the list were. He said he likes to give the Republicans the benefit of the doubt and assume that some of the people on this list were included out of sheer stupidity. And it would appear they were, because Matt himself is on that list. Matt, as director of Forward Montana, is just about the worst person a dumb Republican can target in a voter disenfranchisement scheme. Because he knows his shit, and because he has a big megaphone. But there's also a high degree of maliciousness driving the move to disenfranchise so many, and most of them from Democratic counties. For example, five percent of all the registered voters in Missoula County--1 in 20 voters--is on the list. That's primarily college students. I asked Matt how county election officials--the people who will have to determine the eligibility of all these challenged voters--are reacting. He told me that Vickie Zeier, the elections clerk who is normally one of the most unflappable people he knows is "mildly flapped." At the busiest time in the season (not counting election day) she's had to put five full time employees on the task of dealing with these challenges. It's going to take potentially tens of thousands of dollars in staff time and printing and mailing costs, money that a relatively small county with a small tax base like Missoula Co. just doesn't have. To put into perspective the scope of what the Republican challenge means for the state, 6,000 voters was just twice the margin in the Tester/Burns race in 2006. In a small state like Montana, 6,000 people is a lot. Which is a double-edge sword for the Republicans there. It means that while the vote could be easily changed, when an effort is as half-assed and stupid as this one has been, more people will be pissed off because everyone is going to know someone whose right to vote is being challenged. Matt and Forward Montana are fighting back, wanting to "make sure that people know that their right to vote is challenged, but the challenge is so weak that they will be able to vote." Montanans can call his group at 406-542-VOTE to find out more, including whether they are on the list and what to do to be able to vote. They have a full list of targeted voters at MontanaVoterSuppression.org, a "a one-stop location for voters to find out what to do if they are challenged, for people looking for updates and news on the suppression efforts, and for Montanans looking to demand an end to voter suppression in our state." Additionally, the Montana Democratic Party has filed federal suit to stop counties from sending letters challenging these voters. The suit names Jacob Eaton, executive director of the Montana Republican Party, Max Hunsaker, another Montana GOP employee, the state party itself and Secretary of State Brad Johnson as defendants.... The suit alleges the Republican party didn’t follow federal voting law when it asked Montana counties to verify address changes of registered Montana voters. Because the party submitted its requests to counties, the suit alleges, the GOP tactic also means that voters in some parts of Montana will be treated differently than voters in other parts of the state. Finally, the suit alleges the Republican party illegally targets voters "not likely to support (Republican) candidates," which is illegal. Montana is just a microcosm of how far the Republicans will be willing to go to win. Chances are, it's a small enough state and outrage will be high enough (even among some some Montana Republicans) that it won't work there. But voter suppression efforts are happening all over the country. To help fight back, contact Election Protection, a non-partisan group headed up by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. They're operating a hotline, 866-OUR-VOTE, that voters can call to have their questions answered, and to report problems. Go to their Web site, Election Protection, to find out what you can do to help.
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Just Released: Full McCain/Keating Video
06 October 2008
Campaign Manager David Plouffe just sent out this email...Amanda -- John McCain wants you to forget about his role in our country's last major financial crisis and costly bailout: the savings and loan crisis of the late '80s and early '90s. But voters deserve to know that the failed philosophy and culture of corruption that created the savings and loan crisis then are alive in the current crisis -- and in John McCain's plans for our economic future. We just released a short documentary about John McCain's role in that financial crisis -- watch it now and share it with your friends: http://my.barackobama.com/keatingvideoVoters should know the facts about John McCain's poor judgment -- judgment that has twice placed him on the wrong side of history. Please forward this email to everyone you know. Thanks, David David PlouffeCampaign ManagerObama for America
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NY-29: Massa Leads Kuhl (R) By Five
06 October 2008
The latest poll from the DCCC, just released today, shows one of our own - Orange to Blue candidate Eric Massa - with a substantial lead over his Republican rival, incumbent Randy Kuhl. Benenson Strategy Group for the DCCC. Dates unreleased. Likely voters. MoE 4.9%. Massa (D) 47 Kuhl (R) 42 This is the first poll conducted released on this race (especially odd considering how close the race was in 2006, when Kuhl defeated Massa by four points, 52% to 48%). Research 2000 will be polling this race for Daily Kos soon, and it will be interesting to see if the results match the DCCC poll. These polling results are obviously terrific, particularly in an R+5 district (the most Republican district in the state). In the absence of public polling data, we had assumed that the race was leaning Kuhl's way. It may be time to rethink that assumption, particularly if our independent polling confirms this. In the meantime, head over to the Orange to Blue page, and help Eric Massa finish strong. On the web: Eric Massa for Congress Orange to Blue ActBlue Page
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