Monthly Archives: March 2006
Room Eight
My friend and former client Gur Tsabar has started a new website, called Room Eight, covering New York politics. He has an impressive line-up of knowledgeable and talented political observers. My favorite functions on this site are its “Campaign Wire” that posts campaign press releases and the upcoming… >> More Updates
Small Business Survey
We recently worked with Small Business California to develop and field an on-line survey of small businesses in California. The results of the survey can be found at www.smallbusinesscalifornia.org.
You can read some of the news coverage here.
I think the most interesting aspect of the… >> More Updates
Eight years later
In 1998 while working at Solem & Associates I ran the campaign for Proposition J which finally passed its final legal hurdle. At one point I had two measures in the courts, Prop. J and Care not Cash. Both are out of court and full in effect. These… >> More Updates
John McCain’s problem
I was just reading the coverage of last week’s straw poll, yes I know I am a little late on this, and thinking about John McCain’s chances of winning the Republican nomination. John McCain’s biggest obstacle to winning the nomination is that he is an anti-establishment candidate running in the… >> More Updates
No longer radical
Public financing at the local level is now a mainstream idea just wait in a few years public financing of elections will be taken up by Republicans.
A few things are driving the expansion of public financing. First is that public financing is good policy since it limits… >> More Updates
Stop the Process Stories
During the last presidential election rarely a week went by without a process story. Sometimes it was how a group was funded, what voters an independent group, like a 527, was turning out or how a political consultant was targeting voters. These stories did not persuade or turn out any… >> More Updates
Taking back the House
Today’s Washington Post has a must read article for anyone interested in the campaign to take back the House of Representatives. With seven months until the election, time is quickly ticking away.
I believe the DCCC has done a good job of recruiting high-quality candidates. Now the Democratic Party… >> More Updates
Impeach the president
I think the movement to impeach the president is a waste of time and a mistake for the party. A weak president is the best thing we could hope for going into the off year elections. But the sentiment is real and being driven not by the media but by… >> More Updates
Schwarzenegger V. ???
Daniel Weintraub reports that the Governor has filed his papers to run for reelction.