This is related to yesterday's blog Public Access and PEG channels have been around for over three decades. Watching the way phone company lobbiest influence legislators you might think these people have been living in a dictatorship in a far off place on the globe. They seem to have no idea on the ...

In an e-mail sent to supporters, former U.S. Senate nominee Rick Noriega wrote that he had been offered the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs) with the Secretary of the Air Force. Although Noriega turned down the offer, he said he remained open to taking a job in the Obama ...

(As I have previously disclosed, I am a supporter of Lee Leffingwell.) At Brewster McCracken's campaign kickoff yesterday, senior field strategist Temo Figueroa, who served as President Obama's national field director, layed out the McCracken campaign's path to victory. For those of you ...

Carole Keeton Strayhorn, the sixty-nine year old candidate for Mayor of Austin, currently has fewer supporters on Facebook than both Lee Leffingwell and Brewster McCracken. Of course, that is hardly news. Actually, Strayhorn is making more progress online than you may think, although the gap between...

On Wednesday, I eulogized the apparent death of the successful 50 State Strategy and lamented the overall under appreciation of outgoing DNC Chairman Howard Dean. In new DNC Chairman Tim Kaine's acceptance speech, he praised Dean and the 50 State Strategy. From MyDD: There's no question it&#...

First of all, I want to wish everyone Happy Holidays and hope you all are having a great time with your friends and family. I was not planning on posting for a few days but Randy's excellent diary about the Primary/Caucus system we have here in Texas prompted me to share Bob Gammage's view o...

Mi ha scritto Alessandro chiedendomi un consiglio su un percorso formativo per lavorare nell’ambito della comunicazione strategica online. Interessante il fatto che ritiene gli siano “strette� le figure professionali specialistiche. Insomma: lui vuole fare strategia! Ricordo un giovane collega...

Judicial COLA?: Details are hard to find just yet, but according to this Associated Press report, the automaker bailout bill that the House of Representatives passed last night contains a provision that would give the federal judiciary a cost of......

A month after being re-elected, Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Paul Bettencourt has resigned his office to take a job in the private sector. Bettencourt was first elected Tax Assessor-Collector in 1998. The Harris County Commissioners Court, on which Republicans have a 3-2 advantage, will appo...

Earlier today, Phillip wrote that the Statesman had reported that Kay Bailey Hutchison was forming an exploratory committee for governor. More details are available now, including that Hutchison plans to transfer $1 million from her federal campaign account to her state exploratory committee. The co...