Politics
Entries related to things political.
The great debate debate
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 09/16/2004 - 17:54(Orginally published in Greater Democracy)
In his article on the Presidential debates, Jonathan Alter talks about ‘The Danger of Distractions’. He points out “there's a second reason Bush wants to spend valuable time debating debates. It runs down the clock on discussion of important stuff, like his record in office.”
Reflections – Part 3
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 09/16/2004 - 16:23(Originally published in Greater Democracy)
Recently, I’ve been spending a lot of time reflecting on my experiences blogging the national conventions. My thoughts have meandered, but I think I’ve finally arrived at the crux of my reflections. Bloggers are not the new media’s journalists. Bloggers are the new media’s op-ed writers.
Politics, Local and National
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Thu, 09/16/2004 - 13:54Yesterday, I spent a bit of time updating LocalPols, my site listing good local politicians around the country, including a clickable map of the State Senate races.
Today, I received an email from the DCCC pointing to an article in The Stakeholder about my local congressman. It presents some good review of how close Shays has really been to Tom Delay.
I've been doing what I can to help the Diane Farrell for Congress campaign, including making turf maps.
Re: Calling All Convention Bloggers
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 09/14/2004 - 15:00Brian Reich of the Campaign Web Review, has asked the following set of questions. Instead of just sending them off as an email, I thought I would answer the questions on my blog.
Reflections – Part 2
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Tue, 09/14/2004 - 07:36(Originally published in Greater Democracy)
A few days ago, I posted an entry, entitled ‘Reflections – Part 1’. That sort of requires me to follow up with a part 2. This part is one that I’ve been thinking about ever since the Republican convention, and since then, I keep getting more and feedback to go into the article.
My daughter is taking a course on comparative politics and the professor talked about key aspects of a democracy. She challenged whether or not the United States is truly democratic, choosing two points, whether or not the writ of habeas corpus is being properly observed, and whether or not we have a free press.
