The Insurgent Political Campaigntag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1315192007-10-15T19:14:31-07:00TypePadThe Insurgent Political Campaign is Still Getting Listeners...4 Years Latertag:typepad.com,2003:post-402634902007-10-15T19:14:31-07:002009-03-24T11:31:07-07:00This is simply an update to The Insurgent Political Campaign. As you can see the last post about campaigning was nearly 4 years ago. I've been involved in a number of campaigns, created other blogs for others, doing political interviews...Big DogFinding a Candidate, Part 2tag:typepad.com,2003:post-79832122005-12-18T11:25:03-08:002005-12-18T11:25:03-08:00As promised more on the topic of Finding a Candidate. In these first two parts I am still concentrating on the qualities you want in a Candidate. So keep a list. Maybe you aren't going to find someone with all...Big DogFinding a Candidate Part 1tag:typepad.com,2003:post-79544402005-12-15T16:00:05-08:002005-12-15T16:00:05-08:00I've been asked several times, and now that I'm finished with the latest campaign, one person has really needed the information so I've begun the task of putting the information together. This will take more than one broadcast as it...Big DogLong Time Gone....and New Infotag:typepad.com,2003:post-78808952005-12-11T12:30:38-08:002005-12-11T12:30:38-08:00Well, welcome back to The Insurgent Campaign. Maybe I should say that to myself! I've been on staff at the Steve Young CA-48 Campaign and, believe me, cutting new audio for The Insurgent Campaign wasn't in the daily agenda! The...Big DogLessons from OH-2 and impact on CA-48: The Second Half of the Gametag:typepad.com,2003:post-58651472005-08-04T19:47:35-07:002005-08-04T19:47:35-07:00This will be almost all audio. There is at least one glaring lesson, in my opinion, from OH-2 and I started saying it a long time ago in my list of easy issues. That was published on June 9 and...Big DogWe lost OH-2 but REALLY We Wontag:typepad.com,2003:post-58426652005-08-03T01:49:33-07:002005-08-03T01:49:33-07:00In a District that showed 70% Republican registration, in a District where the previous office holder won with 72 percent of the vote, in a District where Paul Hackett was absolutely unknown outside his family....he lost. By just 4,000 votes....Big DogNet Fundraising and Open Source Commercial=over $440K Onlinetag:typepad.com,2003:post-56444012005-07-19T14:16:14-07:002005-07-19T14:16:14-07:00Paul Hackett needs your support in the Special Congressional Election in the Ohio 2nd. Today we have a Blogsphere wide push for fundraising as he is just two weeks away from his election. As an Iraq Veteran he is a...Big DogSee How a Simple Image can Generate Publicitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-56290812005-07-18T11:11:20-07:002005-07-18T11:11:20-07:00Today, in about 15 minutes, the gentlemen at Swing State Project created a new Karl Rove T-Shirt that: A: Tells the truth B: If it was a local story it would generate news C: Gets the volunteers motivated to wear...Big DogPractical Politics, A Quest: Part 2tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56110532005-07-16T11:22:04-07:002005-07-16T11:22:04-07:00Here's' more Practical Politics, Part 2, that I think we need to be thinking about...and specifically two ideas for the Wes Clark gathering of former Volunteers in Little Rock this weekend. I think these are ideas are valuable and have...Big DogPractical Politics Today: A Questtag:typepad.com,2003:post-53907662005-06-29T14:30:52-07:002005-06-29T14:30:52-07:00To win in any sense of that word, whether it be by increased District Registration, increased Donor Identification or by any other metric you must have one characteristic in abundance: Practical Preplanned Political Action. And that Practical Political Action has...Big Dog