Politics
Entries related to things political.
Blogging the Lamont Gathering in New Haven
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 01/28/2006 - 18:20This morning, many of us went to hear Ned Lamont address a group of potential supporters at the New Haven Public Library. Early on, I counted over 70 people and quite a few people showed up after I counted, so my guess is that we really had between 80 and 100 people there.
Quite a few bloggers where there. BranfordBoy from My Left Nutmeg was there. He put up this diary. BranfordBoy also posted about it in a DailyKos diary
Campaign Emails
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 01/26/2006 - 11:15You know, I get a LOT of campaign emails. I gather them, read them , inspect them, and generally spend a lot of time thinking about what makes a good campaign email. Today, I got a what I consider a great campaign email, which I am including below.
Town Committee Politics
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 01/24/2006 - 10:31(Originally published at My Left Nutmeg)
In the comments to a blog post over on Connecticut Local Politics, there has been a lively discussion about the decline in party politics. BDRubenstein888 commented on the importance of the State Party in the delegate selection process and his great honor and privilege of having been a delegate to the National Convention.
The process of becoming a member of local town committees and becoming delegates to state and national conventions is one of the areas where local party politics retains importance. I’ve encouraged people to get involved with their Democratic town committees and we have just completed the caucus process. I was glad to see information on when town caucuses where, and reports of people joining their town committees. However the process still needs a lot more work.
Albright 08, Farrell 06
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 01/20/2006 - 10:52(Cross posted to My Left Nutmeg)
No, it’s not a sports score, it is a cutsey title to sum up my experiences last night.
Next Monday, the 23rd, marks the ninth anniversary of Madeleine Albright’s swearing in as the 64th Secretary of State to the United States. She has close ties to Connecticut, having gotten her BA from Wellesley College. Her daughter and son-in-law lived in Stamford when they gave birth to her first grandchild. She is an intelligent woman of great stature.
So, it is little surprise that she spent last night in Westport talking to a group of around 100 people about how we can address grave foreign policies issues that face our country. Her first recommendation was that we need to work together to elect Diane Farrell to be our next Congresswoman in the 4th CD.
Searching Google
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 01/19/2006 - 10:25I’ve always been interested in Google searches. They can drive a lot of traffic to your site, and for unexpected reasons. My blog entry, ”I've always wanted a smoking jacket!” has brought over 5,000 people to my site. Toomre.com is getting a lot of hits on people searching for information about Anshul Rustagi, the CDO trader recently dismissed from Deutsche Bank.
So, the news that the Feds are after Google data as highlighted in Richard’s Notes caught me interest.
