Tag: florida
member name: Chris Akins
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August 11, 2006 09:43 AM EDT --
A frequent question is: what kind of race should I run? Should I say "everything is fine" or "we can do better"?
The short answer is: it depends.
Are you a challenger or an incumbent? . . . more
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February 18, 2007 10:29 AM EST --
With attacks that go back and forth in a political campaign, a frequent question I hear is: what's unfair.
I'll use a concrete example of what is unfair.
A friend of mine was running for . . . more
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April 13, 2006 02:56 PM EDT --
An interesting thing happened in Florida politics on Friday, April 7th.
Tom Gallagher announced his social conservative network.
This is a good thing. Positive. Helps build inroads into the religious . . . more
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April 13, 2006 02:12 PM EDT --
Here's a picture from a race in Franklin County, Florida. "Vote Often for Crofton". Kinda harkens back to the days of "vote early and vote often" as said by gangster Al Capone. . . . more
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April 13, 2006 02:40 PM EDT --
In a rural area like Hamilton County, Florida, I'll use radio over newspaper any day of the week. Rather than running newspaper ads, which is a favorite in small areas, we instead bought 8 to 10 . . . more
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April 13, 2006 02:40 PM EDT --
This example goes back to Hamilton County. Charles Blalock was the incumbent school superintendent. But under his tenure two schools received D grades while he "earned" the equivalent of $96,000 . . . more
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April 18, 2006 12:53 PM EDT --
John Stemberger endorsed Tom Gallagher for Governor of the great State of Florida (see my previous blog posting).
The Republican Party of Florida gave $300,000 to Stemberger's Florida4Marriage group, . . . more
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April 13, 2006 02:16 PM EDT --
I'm riding high today!
In another blog, http://flapolitics.blogspot.com/2005/06/playing-to-our-strength.html, a Democrat consultant essentially says what we've all suspected (and largely known . . . more
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August 01, 2006 11:16 AM EDT --
At less than 15 cents per call, automated phone calls are a cost-effective way for the low-budget campaign to persaude voters to vote for you - or to savage your opponent.
Consider the advantages: . . . more
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August 01, 2006 02:40 PM EDT --
Ed Rollins has a saying in his Rules of Campaign Conduct : in boxing you win the rounds; in politics you win the weeks.
Measuring things on a week-by-week basis gives you an easy yardstick by which you . . . more
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