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Friday, July 28, 2006

Vote in John Edwards' One America Committee Competition

Posted by James L.

Yet another one of the ever-so-popular "you vote for 'em and I'll fundraise for 'em" PAC competitions, this time by John Edwards' One America Committee. The list is pretty fat, and it includes several incumbent Democrats who are looking safe this cycle: Reps. Dennis Moore (KS), Stephanie Herseth (SD), Brian Higgins (NY), and Jim Matheson (UT). So far the shape of things for even the most vulnerable incumbent Democrats this November is looking pretty good, so I would advise against voting for any incumbents--but especially not those incumbents. The bright side is that you can vote for several candidates in a checklist format (so really, you can vote for as many as you want), and there will be two winners who will be the receipients of fundraisers headlined by the former Senator. Vote wisely! You have until August 4.

My only beef: they should have added netroots all-stars Larry Kissell (of John Edwards' home state, no less!) and Swing State Project favorite Paul Hodes.

Posted at 10:53 AM in 2006 Elections - House, Fundraising | Technorati

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Edwards is doing this to help his candidancy for 2008. Helping an instate candidate does not help as much as getting supporters elsewhere.

Posted by: The Professor at July 28, 2006 12:16 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

There's a discussion over at MyDD of how to decide whom to vote for.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/7/27/124831/856

They started from DCCC's roster of hot races, when they drew up the list,
which limits the selection, but that may be why Larry Kissell isn't one of the options.

There's a terrific diary up at Daily Kos today, by the way, on Larry Kissell and the evil incumbent he opposes:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/28/104651/446

Posted by: Christopher Walker at July 28, 2006 12:29 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Well, one of the main draws of presidential candidates this year is to prove that they can "deliver" their state--Warner in Virginia with Kaine and Webb; Vilsack in Iowa with Culver & Braley; Bayh in Indiana with Donnelly, Hill, and Ellsworth (although even if they all win, no one will really credit Bayh's pull, other factors will be at play here); Richardson in New Mexico with Madrid; et cetera.

I'm sure Edwards will be campaigning for Shuler--I just think he should go all out and launch Kissell into the stratosphere, too. His backing would be an incredible boost for fundraising and media coverage.

Posted by: James L. at July 28, 2006 12:43 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

i wonder how those jan schneider-ites will take it that he put an asterisks next to districts that are pre primary(az-08 and nv-03) but then just put christine jennings there even though jan is still in the race. they're probably fuming. ha.

Posted by: yomoma2424 at July 28, 2006 02:27 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Edwards gathered the list from DCCC's roster of hot races, hence, Larry Kissell was not included. However, due to demands (on some blogs, including Edwards' own blog site) by some Kissell supporters about their guy's missing name, Larry Kissell has been added to the list now!

This bodes well for Edwards and his prospective campaign. It shows that he is willing to listen to the netroots and be flexible about their ideas. This is a small way in which one can see the power of true democracy at work - where people can influence the politicians in a very direct manner. But it also takes a willing politician to make this work.

Good stuff.

Posted by: ZeitgeistRover at July 28, 2006 08:08 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

It was big of him to add Kissell. He should pay more attention and not trust a craven hack like Emanuel to dictate electoral politics. Kissell, Hodes and Schneider weren't the only mistakes he made. He left Julia Carson out among endangered incumbents (unless being African-American and progressive and standing up for Edwards' own stated ideals-- unlike the relatively reactionaries incumbents who make the list-- disqualify incumbents). And where's Jerry McNerney? Charlie Brown?

Posted by: DownWithTyranny at July 29, 2006 02:04 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

He left Julia Carson out among endangered incumbents

He probably doesn't understand, like myself, why an incumbent in a PVI D+9 district would be endangered. How on earth does she run 4 points behind Kerry in 2004 despite outspending her opponent 20-1? My interpretation is that she is a doofus who badly neglects her constituent services but I'm open to other explanations.

Posted by: Jay at July 29, 2006 10:43 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

"He probably doesn't understand, like myself, why an incumbent in a PVI D+9 district would be endangered. How on earth does she run 4 points behind Kerry in 2004 despite outspending her opponent 20-1?"

Some of Congresswoman Carson's were concerned that she had health issues that were making her miss a lot of votes; that was one factor.

Another was the scurrilous ads that the Republicans ran. She represents Indianapolis, where the media market unfortunately will accomodate really below-the-belt campaigning.
There was a race only a few years ago where one candidate for state attorney general accused the other of being in favor of allowing sexual predators access to children's playgrounds. Image of an empty swing. It was incredibly ugly. She faces stuff like that every two years. No wonder she sometimes looks tired and haggard.

Posted by: Christopher Walker at July 29, 2006 11:49 AM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Cranley in OH 01 is our only likely net pick up in Ohio. It is now pretty clear that we will hold both Strickland and Brown's House seats but Cranley is the only likely new Democrat. OH-01 has been rated "R+1"

Others are going to run good campaigns but their Districts are too gerrymandered.

IMHO more emphasis should have been put on taking the Ohio General Assembly (along with the statewide offices) in order to force a redrawing of both the state Legislature Districts and the Congressional Districts.

Posted by: Ohanon at July 30, 2006 04:24 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

"IMHO more emphasis should have been put on taking the Ohio General Assembly
[...] in order to force a redrawing of both the state
Legislature Districts and the Congressional Districts."

Can you identify a few key races in this regard?

I have almost nothing on my radar yet this cycle in the way of
Ohio races for seats in the state legislature.
I know there's a contested primary for state senate D-27, and that's about all.

Posted by: Christopher Walker at July 31, 2006 12:37 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment