Spokane Legislator Considering Run Against Cantwell
Politics by Evan on September 10th, 2011 with No Comments so far.via KREM 2 TV: Spokane Republican Eyes Run Against Senator Cantwell.
Former White House Deputy Press Secretary Scott Stanzel is also reportedly considering the race.
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Leaked Email Reveals Dem Astro-Turf Operation
Politics by Andrew on August 23rd, 2009 with 15 Comments so far.UPDATE: Welcome MichelleMalkin.com readers!
A leaked email originating from Congressman Jay Inslee’s office may reveal a widespread astroturfing effort on behalf of Washington Democrats and liberal interest groups to pack town halls with “grassroots supporters” of government-run health care.
In stark contrast to a spontaneous grassroots groundswell against President Obama and Congressional Democrats’s government-run health plan, it appears both overt and covert efforts are underway to orchestrate support for the President’s agenda from the highest-levels of the political Left.
In the email which follows below the jump, Inslee’s official Congressional scheduler forwarded to State Democratic Chairman Dwight Pelz a list of upcoming town halls the Congressman has scheduled.
Pelz then forwarded the email with a note saying “Let’s keep turning people out for these!” to high-ranking Democrat and union organizers including: “progressive” political group FUSE Executive Director Aaron Ostrom, Organizing for America State Director Dustin Lambro (the President’s on-going campaign arm housed at the DNC), and Washington State Labor Council Political Director Benjamin Lawver (one of the state’s most powerful union committees).
A Longview event focusing on Mt. St. Helens with Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, along with embattled Congressman Brian Baird, was cancelled in recent weeks after Lambro, the OFA organizer, mis-construed the purpose of the event in an email to supporters.
NWD Contributor Nansen blew the lid off that story in an earlier post titled, “Going Stealth in Longview.”
The email trail seems to suggest an on-going and coordinated campaign among Democratic Congressmen, Democratic Party leaders, as well as official campaign arms of liberal interest groups and unions, to issue marching orders for members and activists. Similar efforts to disguise ObamaCare astroturfing as spontaneous grassroots efforts have occurred in other parts of the country as well.
The email follows…
Baird’s Apology Rings Hollow, True Colors Revealed
Politics by Nansen on August 12th, 2009 with 4 Comments so far.Brian Baird issued a half-hearted apology today for his bizarre and reprehensible slurs directed at opponents of ObamaCare. As someone who has worked with local Democrats in the past, including the Congressman, I was the first to demand an immediate apology days ago. It finally came today, albeit several days late, and many words short of being sincere. (You can read the rambling letter online here.)
Let’s recap: if you are like me, you were probably absolutely shocked by Baird’s outlandish “Brown Shirts,” “lynch mobs,” and “Timothy McVeigh” comments last week. But as recently as yesterday, he was still driving down that path hard: labeling opponents of ObamaCare “un-American.” The former college professor should know better.
Going Stealth in Longview: Real Astro-Turf Revealed
Politics by Nansen on August 11th, 2009 with 13 Comments so far.Something big is happening in the 3rd C.D. That was my gut feeling after I began hearing about a “stealth town hall event” in the works supposedly featuring our state’s two U.S. Senators Murray and Cantwell along with Congressman Brian Baird, to be hosted somewhere in the 3rd Congressional District.
Probably just embellishment, I thought. If both Senators were coming to Southwest Washington, it would obviously be all over the news for several days leading up to such an event…or not.
Are Murray, Cantwell, Dicks, and Baird Out of Touch?
Opinion by Andrew on August 9th, 2009 with 3 Comments so far.KOMO 4 has more on Rick Larsen’s town hall event held yesterday in Mt. Vernon:
As has been happening in many places across the country, the event drew an overflow crowd of attendees. But an important point was made in the news segment, that shouldn’t be lost on us. ”It’s important to have these town halls,” said one attendee, even if no minds are changed.
Why? It’s democracy, stupid.
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