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Worst campaign announcement ever?

Apr 15

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What do you think?  Is this the way to kick off a campaign for one of the most influential regulatory offices in the nation?  Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice wants to be New York’s attorney general – that is of course if the current occupant of that office – Andrew Cuomo – opts to run for Governor – and this is apparently part of her announcement strategy.  It’s…really…bad.  She should probably spend a few bucks and pay somebody to advise her not to launch her campaign using a camera phone and a quiet corner during a cocktail party.

Now we understand that Ms. Rice probably doesn’t want to do anything that would make A.G. Cuomo feel pressured to get out of the race, but when compared to another likely candidate for this office – Democrat Sean Coffey (oh, and he’s Irish) – her love seat announcement looks just sad.

Now if that ain’t a contrast.  In all fairness, these aren’t the only two candidates in this race, but the only two with online campaign videos.  Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, and former insurance regulator Eric Dinallo have web pages themselves that may’ve been created sitting on a love seat – but it’s not as obvious as Ms. Rice’s video announcement.

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How to message in a Republican primary

Apr 14

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If you’re in a Republican primary in the Bible Belt – this is how you introduce yourself.

Learn more at Scott Pruitt dot com.

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First it was a radio spot

Apr 14

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And now the American Future Fund has weighed in again on the the South Carolina GOP primary for attorney general with a new 30 second t.v. spot.  Guess there is a lot at stake in this primary slug fest.

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It’s not often…

Apr 9

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…you get a 3rd party group weighing in on a down ballot Republican primary, but that’s what is happening in South Carolina in the Republican primary for attorney general.  It’s a three way affair between Leighton Lord, Alan Wilson, and Robert Bolchoz (don’t worry they’re all attorneys).  With an early 3rd party effort already afoot in South Carolina, this will be a bruising primary all the way to the end.

The spot has gotten the attention of one of South Carolina’s leading bloggers, as well various news outlets here, and here.

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With Friends Like These…

Oct 21

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…who needs enemies?  That might be what Alabama Republican A.G. Troy King might be thinking about now.  The Birmingham News is reporting that both Republican U.S. Senators from Alabama, Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, are endorsing King’s opponent in the Republican primary - Luther Strange.  Both Shelby, who was a special assistant A.G. from ‘69-’71, and Sessions, who was Alabama Attorney General from ‘94-’97, have some familiarity with the A.G.’s office there in Alabama – adding another interesting wrinkle to these endorsements.

U.S. Sens. Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions are featured guests at a Washington fundraiser for Strange next week, according to the invitation, and both offices on Tuesday praised Strange’s candidacy.

It is an intriguing development inside the Alabama Republican Party to have the GOP’s two highest-ranking federal officials actively working against an incumbent they helped elect three years ago.

In the fall of 2006, Shelby’s political action committee gave $25,000 to King’s general election campaign, and Sessions’ campaign donated $3,000.

But losing their support this year is less of a financial blow to King than a symbolic one.

“This is a sign of just how alienated Troy King has become from the Republican establishment,” said David Lanoue, chairman of the political science department at the University of Alabama. “This is pretty extraordinary.”

Ain’t politics grand?  You can pick up the rest of the story right here.

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Are 6 Speeding Tickets Enough

Aug 21

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To stop potential candidate for attorney general Tom Horne in Arizona? Apparently somebody wants it to be – which would explain why this b-grade opposition research was leaked to the press.  Horne is the state schools Superintendent.

Horne said he recently paid a speeding ticket and got another in June while driving on Interstate 10.

“Nobody likes to pay fines, but because I’m a public official, I do,” said Horne, who has been a school-board member, state legislator and now school superintendent.

He has said he is interested in running for attorney general, the state’s top law-enforcement post, next year.

Told that records showed that two of the photo-enforcement tickets went unpaid because of lack of response to the court summons, Horne said that was an oversight.

All the breathless reporting aside, what’s really interesting in this article is the fact that speeding tickets issued by automated speed cameras are dismissed if violators don’t respond to notice of the violation.  What’s even more interesting is that of the Arizona Republic goes on to report in the story that  “…452,529 notices of violation were issued but only 118,250 were paid.”  Now that’s something to write about.

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