Monthly Archives: October 2007
The politics behind daylight savings
Jennifer 8 Lee has an interesting story on the politics behind daylight savings time. Turns out one of the prime advocates for the recent change was the candy lobby.
Don’t call it a comeback
I have been telling people for a couple weeks to not count out John McCain in the Republican Primary. He was the early front-runner, never an easy position and was beat up pretty good, but he has a compelling life story, unlike most of his opponents, he has a record… >> More Updates
Homelessness
Homelessness in San Francisco is back in the headlines. As always it has created a spirited debate of how to deal with this issue.
I was a cosponsor and ran Proposition N, Care Not Cash in 2002 and I learned a great deal about this issue… >> More Updates
A new blog rule
When someone says something that you agree with and they say it better than you could. Then just link to them. Telstar Logistics on the Blue Angels.
Understanding Iowa
One of our fundamental beliefs here at Jim Ross Political Consulting is that many campaigns fail not because they ran poor campaigns, but because they ran the wrong campaign.
Roger Simon has an important story in Politico about the presidential race. He says:
Barack Obama began his speech… >> More Updates
Vote Yes on Proposition I
The hits for our clients just keep coming:
From the San Francisco Bay Guardian
Proposition I (Office of Small Business)
YES
Proposition I got on the ballot after small-business leaders tried unsuccessfully to get the supervisors to fund a modest program to create staff for the Small Business Commission and… >> More Updates
Vote Yes on Proposition C
THE CHRONICLE RECOMMENDS: CAMPAIGN 2007
For better ballots
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Too many San Francisco ballot measures are slapped together by politicians – often for their personal strategic advantage in an election – with little thought and no public review.
The result, all too predictably, is a sloppily… >> More Updates
Don’t mess with Jimmy Carter
He is not just a “nice” man he is also tough as nails and I would not want to get in his way. You don’t get to be Governor of Georgia, President of the United States and a Nobel Prize winner, with out some significant backbone. Just wish we… >> More Updates