Building a Rightroots Movement
Patrick Ruffini takes up where Jon Henke and John Hawkins leave off, offering a lament that conservative bloggers don't engage in activism to the extent that their lefty counterparts do, thus leading to the demise of Western Civilization as we know it. Righty Pundits vs. Lefty Activists Ruffini thinks the rightosphere is mired in 2003 and are too shy or aloof to ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 30, 2008 08:28
Ron Paul Endorses Chuck Baldwin for President
Back on January 2 of this year, I made a number of predictions for 2008, among which was this:Ron Paul will take at least third place in several primaries, much to the surprise of many, and will not drop out of the race until the last vote is counted. His candidacy will lead to no lasting change in the Republican ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 23, 2008 01:25
Can Hillary Convince Supporters to Back Obama?
Hillary Clinton's speech is the big draw tonight at the Democratic Convention. She's going to have to convince a lot of people -- perhaps starting with herself -- to put aside their grudges and voter for Barack Obama to be the next president. Matt Yglesias echoes my longstanding view that this will happen organically and notes a recent parallel: As you may ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 26, 2008 17:59
McCain Puts Spamming First!
Team McCain has launched an exciting new program that, as WaPo's Paul Fahri puts it, "combines the features of 'AstroTurf' campaigning with the sort of customer-loyalty programs offered by airlines, hotel chains, restaurants and the occasional daily newspaper." Here's how McCain's site puts it: Help spread the word about John McCain on news and blog sites. Your efforts to help get the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 7, 2008 13:45
Ron Paul Launches ‘Campaign for Liberty’
Ron Paul has officially ended his quest for the Republican nomination, months after John McCain secured enough delegates to win, and is using his war chest to start something called The Campaign for Liberty. The new entity will be used to push a slate of libertarian-minded Republican candidates for public office in local districts nationwide, according to a description provided ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 13, 2008 10:30
Obama, The Jewish Lobby, and the Perils of Web 2.0
One of Barack Obama's key advantages in building grassroots support, especially among young people usually not apt to vote, has been his innovative use of the latest Web techniques, including the integration of social networking technologies. Not only did he lap the field in getting "friends" on Facebook and MySpace but he actually hired the guy who invented Facebook ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on June 9, 2008 07:23
Ron Paul Lost, Let Me Count the Ways
Jim Henley assesses the complete and utter failure that was the Ron Paul campaign for the Republican presidential nomination: Paul failed to win any states, to move the GOP debate in his direction, to accrue significant delegates or to leverage his fund-raising into a third-party run. And word is he’s staying quiet about endorsing an independent because he doesn’t want the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 31, 2008 07:54
Bob Barr Announces Presidential Run * Updated *
As has been long expected, former Rep. Bob Barr has announced that he's running for President as a Libertarian.Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr has announced that he's running for president as a Libertarian. His candidacy would be a wild card in the White House race and many believe it would hurt Republican Sen. John McCain. Barr made the announcement Monday at ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 12, 2008 11:25
Ron Paul’s GOP Convention Revolt
Andrew Malcolm reports that "the forces of Rep. Ron Paul have been organizing across the country to stage an embarrassing public revolt against Sen. John McCain when Republicans gather for their national convention in St. Paul at the beginning of September." What form that'd take is decidedly unclear: According to a recent Boston Globe tally, Paul has a grand total ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 12, 2008 09:31
Press Not Doing Its Job?
Elizabeth Edwards, who despite no public policy credentials other than having been married to a one-term senator and yet oddly seems to get op-ed space in the major papers whenever she requests it, has a rather strange editorial in today's NYT whining about how the mainstream media is failing in its duty to inform the public. The first several paragraphs make ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 27, 2008 08:27
