Not too long ago, it seemed all had been lost. Despite displaying incredible success and promise in years past, they were losing. They had some of the greatest talent in the world, but nonetheless they couldn’t find a winning groove. Worse still, it seemed that even when pitted against the worst opponents, they still couldn’t [...]
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Winning Back the Youth Vote (Part 3)
Future Majority, a top-notch progressive blog that I highly recommend you add to your daily reading list, has two very insightful blog posts today related to getting out the youth vote. First, Michael Connery looks at a report by Curtis Gans on young voter turnout. Michael offers an interesting conclusion that echoes many of the [...]
Some thoughts on Palin
The one Republican who could call 2008 a breakthrough success career wise is Governor Sarah Palin. She may not be the Vice-President-Elect, but she rose from being a recently elected governor of an often ignored state to one of the prominent national leaders of the Republican Party. She can thank John McCain for that, but [...]
If the 2008 Election Were Decided by 18-29 Year Olds…
This is apparently what the map would look like: (via Future Majority) Regardless of what type of strategy the GOP pursues – be it a 435-district strategy, 50-state strategy, or something else – it’s clear we have our work cut out for us with young voters.
“Information Systems in the 2008 Elections”
Today, I had the privilege of teaching two classes of Management Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University about the use and impact of Information Systems (IS) in the 2008 elections. I published my PowerPoint at SlideShare for all to view: http://is.gd/8S7p Feel free to check it out and drop me a line if you have [...]
Lessons of the 2008 Election
Please note that this is by no means a comprehensive list of all of the lessons we should take from this year’s election. These are just a few of the many important recognitions we must make moving forward. The GOP’s electoral map has shrunk. As much as it pains me to say it as a [...]
Why We Can’t “Wait for Them to Fail”
I have had a number of people e-mail or Facebook message me something along the lines of, “Well, the Dems may won, but they’re going to fail. All we need to do is sit back and wait.” James touched on this extremely well in his post earlier today, but I wanted to elaborate a bit [...]