THIS FROM DEAN'S BLOG :
Win Real Money with the Winning Democratic Candidate
in the Iowa Electronic Markets
The Iowa Electronic Markets are real-money futures markets where contract payoffs depend on the outcomes of political events such as elections.
Current prices per share in the IEM 2004 Democratic National Convention Market:
Howard Dean_________59.2 cents
Richard Gephardt____15.4 cents
Wesley Clark________11.0 cents
Hillary Clinton_____6.0 cents
John Kerry__________5.0 cents
Joe Lieberman_______1.3 cents
Rest of Field*______2.1 cents
Note: "Rest of Field" is the combined share price of John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Carol Moseley-Braun, Al Sharpton, plus every unspecified person who might concievably win the nomination.
Put your money where your mouth is and get rewarded if/when your candidate wins.
Each share of the person who gets nominated will be worth one dollar after the nomination becomes official at the Democratic convention
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
From the Dean weblog:
How to CHEAT and rig the (Iowapolitics.com) poll in Dean's favor!
"1. Vote
2. Tools > Internet Options > DELETE COOKIES
3. Delete Files
4. OK
5. Close Browser
6. Return to IowaPolitics.com
7. Vote again
Kerry is doing this, we might as well do the same!"
How to CHEAT and rig the (Iowapolitics.com) poll in Dean's favor!
"1. Vote
2. Tools > Internet Options > DELETE COOKIES
3. Delete Files
4. OK
5. Close Browser
6. Return to IowaPolitics.com
7. Vote again
Kerry is doing this, we might as well do the same!"
Perhaps you should look at this:Iowa Politics
While the editor has been watching 100,000+ people have voted in the Iowapolitics.com online poll.
Either that or the Dean, Kerry, and Clark campaigns keep teams of hackers on staff.
While the editor has been watching 100,000+ people have voted in the Iowapolitics.com online poll.
Either that or the Dean, Kerry, and Clark campaigns keep teams of hackers on staff.
Friday, November 21, 2003
The editor is not sure how this story was missed:
Madison - Wisconsin unions and businesses gave $1.3 million to a national Democratic Party committee, which then returned much of it to an organization prosecutors say Sen. Chuck Chvala illegally ran to skirt state campaign-finance laws, a new report released Thursday charged.
Using new Internal Revenue Service data, the non-partisan group Common Cause in Wisconsin was able for the first time to list donations from Wisconsin - including $430,000 from the state's largest teachers union - to the Democratic Leadership Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C., before state elections in 2000 and 2002.
Wisconsin contributors gave more to the national committee than any other state and - in a move that Common Cause described as "laundering" - the committee returned $695,470 of it to Wisconsin political groups over a 30-month period.
Of that amount, the report says, $322,000 was sent to Independent Citizens for Democracy, a front group that prosecutors say Chvala used to illegally help fellow Democrats running for the Senate.
The FBI said last month that it was looking into whether the Democratic Leadership Campaign Committee violated federal money-laundering laws in a campaign-finance scheme that led to state felony charges against Chvala.
Madison - Wisconsin unions and businesses gave $1.3 million to a national Democratic Party committee, which then returned much of it to an organization prosecutors say Sen. Chuck Chvala illegally ran to skirt state campaign-finance laws, a new report released Thursday charged.
Using new Internal Revenue Service data, the non-partisan group Common Cause in Wisconsin was able for the first time to list donations from Wisconsin - including $430,000 from the state's largest teachers union - to the Democratic Leadership Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C., before state elections in 2000 and 2002.
Wisconsin contributors gave more to the national committee than any other state and - in a move that Common Cause described as "laundering" - the committee returned $695,470 of it to Wisconsin political groups over a 30-month period.
Of that amount, the report says, $322,000 was sent to Independent Citizens for Democracy, a front group that prosecutors say Chvala used to illegally help fellow Democrats running for the Senate.
The FBI said last month that it was looking into whether the Democratic Leadership Campaign Committee violated federal money-laundering laws in a campaign-finance scheme that led to state felony charges against Chvala.
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Here is what happens when liars convince ordinary people:
Michael Bright uses his wildly innacurate bio to fool Williams Young into an alliance.
According to the Bio:
"Prior to the formation of Bright Consulting Inc. in 1995, Michael Bright was Chief of Staff to the Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance, Executive Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor, ..."
Those statements are not true.
There was and is no such post as the "Chief of Staff" to the Joint Committe on Finance and Bright didn't hold such a post.
Michael Bright says he was an Executive Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor.
That is a lie.
He was, in fact, a junior budget/policy analyst at Wisconsin's Dept. of Admin. and NOT a "Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor". This is a distinction with a HUGE difference. Those who were on the Governor's policy team are reputed to be steamed about these lies.
The real ex-policy advisors are embedded prominently in Wisconsin's politcal system.
We don't like this kind of garbage in Wisconsin. Bright should clean up his act or leave town.
Michael Bright uses his wildly innacurate bio to fool Williams Young into an alliance.
According to the Bio:
"Prior to the formation of Bright Consulting Inc. in 1995, Michael Bright was Chief of Staff to the Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance, Executive Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor, ..."
Those statements are not true.
There was and is no such post as the "Chief of Staff" to the Joint Committe on Finance and Bright didn't hold such a post.
Michael Bright says he was an Executive Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor.
That is a lie.
He was, in fact, a junior budget/policy analyst at Wisconsin's Dept. of Admin. and NOT a "Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor". This is a distinction with a HUGE difference. Those who were on the Governor's policy team are reputed to be steamed about these lies.
The real ex-policy advisors are embedded prominently in Wisconsin's politcal system.
We don't like this kind of garbage in Wisconsin. Bright should clean up his act or leave town.
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Here is a lobbyist who is not as well respected as some:
Rogowski
Look at his bio. It says he was the Chief of Staff. It doesn't say which Governor he worked for. (Hint: Scott McCallum) Since the bio only mentions Tommy G. Thompson, a prospective client might be led to believe he was Chief of Staff for Tommy G. Thompson. Not so.
It doesn't say he was fired. It doesn't say he 'slashed the tires' and tried to seek revenge upon his former boss. In politics you don't turn traitor on your boss and mentor. It's considered bad form.
It certainly doesn't say that he is despised in the capitol and is thought by some to have really crappy access. That would be bad advertising.
This editor wouldn't hire him to fetch donuts.
Here is a lobbyist who is not as well respected as some:
Rogowski
Look at his bio. It says he was the Chief of Staff. It doesn't say which Governor he worked for. (Hint: Scott McCallum) Since the bio only mentions Tommy G. Thompson, a prospective client might be led to believe he was Chief of Staff for Tommy G. Thompson. Not so.
It doesn't say he was fired. It doesn't say he 'slashed the tires' and tried to seek revenge upon his former boss. In politics you don't turn traitor on your boss and mentor. It's considered bad form.
It certainly doesn't say that he is despised in the capitol and is thought by some to have really crappy access. That would be bad advertising.
This editor wouldn't hire him to fetch donuts.
Sunday, November 16, 2003
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Here's an interesting site. One of Wisconsin's top lobbyists selling what he does:
"Entering the government maze alone can be an alarming venture. That's why so many people turn to Broydrick & Associates. To get the job done.
Our mission is simple -- to win."
"Entering the government maze alone can be an alarming venture. That's why so many people turn to Broydrick & Associates. To get the job done.
Our mission is simple -- to win."
CHARLIE SYKES MAKES A POINT:
THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2003, 3:29 p.m.
Raw Deal
By Charles J. Sykes
The car that drives Jim Doyle contains ...
NOTE: scroll down to Nov 6th.
THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2003, 3:29 p.m.
Raw Deal
By Charles J. Sykes
The car that drives Jim Doyle contains ...
NOTE: scroll down to Nov 6th.
What is happening with Doyle?
Ok, the Editor can see why one might veto a bill to define marraige as being between a man and a woman.
But to force the state employees union to accept "partners benefits" for gay couples is stupid and worse its bad politics.:
Doyle Vetoes Defense of Marriage Bill, Then Pushes Same Sex Health Benefits
Ok, the Editor can see why one might veto a bill to define marraige as being between a man and a woman.
But to force the state employees union to accept "partners benefits" for gay couples is stupid and worse its bad politics.:
Doyle Vetoes Defense of Marriage Bill, Then Pushes Same Sex Health Benefits
From the Hill:
"Democrats throw the spirit of reform out the window."
Basically the reality is this, Democrats have spent years demanding that the election system be changed. In particular they said "the campaign finance system was corrupt and must be thrown out". Now that they have accomplished that feat (McCain-Feingold) the Democrats have rushed into breaking the system they have just created.
The idea was to end soft-money.
The Democrats have now created an array of soft money groups to do just what they said they hated; bring large unregulated special-interest money into politics. They are raising tens of millions to improperly influence the national elections.
The Republicans aren't doing it.
Apparently the Republicans are relying on massive numbers of small individual donors and have decided to stick within both the spirit and the letter of the law they opposed.
The irony is delicious.
"Democrats throw the spirit of reform out the window."
Basically the reality is this, Democrats have spent years demanding that the election system be changed. In particular they said "the campaign finance system was corrupt and must be thrown out". Now that they have accomplished that feat (McCain-Feingold) the Democrats have rushed into breaking the system they have just created.
The idea was to end soft-money.
The Democrats have now created an array of soft money groups to do just what they said they hated; bring large unregulated special-interest money into politics. They are raising tens of millions to improperly influence the national elections.
The Republicans aren't doing it.
Apparently the Republicans are relying on massive numbers of small individual donors and have decided to stick within both the spirit and the letter of the law they opposed.
The irony is delicious.
Billionaire helps take aim at Bush
$10 million gift goes to Democratic group
Saturday, August 9, 2003
By SYDNEY B. LEAVENS
Monitor staff
$10 million gift goes to Democratic group
Saturday, August 9, 2003
By SYDNEY B. LEAVENS
Monitor staff
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