I Heart Huckabee

Posted on September 2nd, 2007 in Elections and Election Reform, Partisan Free Politics, Project Vote Smart by Rudo
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The post-Colbert Bump is working its magic yet again. The mainstream press (and even some of the blogosphere) has been having a virtual Huckabee love-fest, from the this article in the NYTimes, to this one in the Washington Post. The story goes that this Southern Baptist preacher is sincere, affable, plays the guitar, likes the Rolling Stones, and yes, is pretty funny. Plus he's for environmental regulation, believes in cleaning up the prison system, and takes other stereotypcially "liberal" positions (although he is pro-life). Basically, from all the media hype he appears to be the dark horse favorite; an evangelical who can win "the base" but not alienate moderate voters. I must admit, I too am loving Huckabee, ...
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Project Vote Smart — Shiny New Stuff for 2008

Posted on July 17th, 2007 in Partisan Free Politics, Project Vote Smart by Carolyn
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As acting Media Director and in an effort to open up lines of communication and clear up some confusion about the new stuff PVS has going for 2008, I've compiled a list of exciting new initiatives and programs that we are working on for this Presidential election season It's kind of long, but broken down into 11 sections. Feel free to e-mail media@votesmart.org for clarification or more information on any of these. Carolyn Holmes 1) Blog / Blog Outreach Program We’ve started a blog, the Voter's Speakeasy (www.votesmart.org/blog), that will mostly cover updates on internal matters, and will serve as a forum in which people can stay connected with the day-to-day goings on of PVS. We have asked the department heads to regularly ...
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A point of further clarification regarding Project Vote Smart

Posted on July 13th, 2007 in Partisan Free Politics, Project Vote Smart by Andrew MacRae
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It was brought to my attention that some of the posts on this blog cast project vote smart in a negative light. Unfortunately, that is the cost of having an insider conversation about what each everyone of us agrees to be a vital and necessary organization. Dialogue, however virulent, is a necessary part of democratic social orders. With that caveat, I wanted to start a positively oriented post, to let our friends in Montana (some of whom are avid readers of this blog ) know that this "two-way medium" - can work in their favor. While in Montana I started to comprehend the genius behind PVS, but it wasn't until I moved to our nations capital - that I came ...
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