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Alinskyite ACTION Tulsa
On Twitter (X), a random reply from a "Progressive Democrat, native born Oklahoman. ELCA Lutheran" condemned my endorsement of KanDee Washington in the Tulsa Public Schools District 2 election, because she didn't attend ACTION Tulsa's "Accountability Session": KanDee Washington is the only candidate not to accept ACTION Tulsa's invitation to...
What is the Republican Party?
Tom Nichols, a prominent "Never Trumper," and author of The Death of Expertise, has written an op-ed for The Atlantic to explain why he's leaving the Republican Party. It's hard to take Mr. Expert seriously when he uses the "GOP" as the subject of a sentence, as an entity with...
Bixby teacher's union makes GOTV calls at public school facilities
The Bixby Education Association (BEA), local branch of the National Education Association, the left-wing teachers' union, is using Bixby Public Schools facilities, specifically the Media Center at Bixby North Intermediate High School for phone banking to get out the vote for next Tuesday's primary elections. A message announcing the GOTV...
Campaign help wanted: Next-to-last weekend, House 71
It's the next to last weekend for the election, and there are plenty of opportunities to help good candidates in close races. Oklahoma Republican chairman Matt Pinnell's call to the troops from a couple of weeks ago is even more urgent now: Our nominees' need your help, and in one...
Run, Tom, run, favorite son! (An open letter to Senator Coburn)
Dear Sen. Coburn, Today, Monday, December 5, 2011, marks the opening of the three-day filing period for school board seats in Oklahoma. It's also the filing period for Oklahoma's March 6, 2012, presidential preference primary. I am writing to urge you to file, to put your name on the Oklahoma...
This <em>will</em> be on your permanent record
It's been an exciting two days here at BlogCon11, FreedomWorks' 2nd annual conference for conservative bloggers. The sessions have covered policy, politics, and technology. Beyond the formal sessions, I've been renewing old acquaintances and building new friendships with bloggers, think-tankers, columnists, and activists from all over America. I hope to...
American Majority "training bomb": Saturday, September 17, 2011
American Majority is holding a campaign management training class for grassroots activists in Bixby (just south of Tulsa) this Saturday, September 17, 2011, sponsored by Tulsa Project 912, and part of American Majority's nationwide "training bomb." What: American Majority campaign management training When: Saturday, September 17, 2011, 11:00 a.m. to...
Huntsman hires consultants with Inhofe ties
Former Utah Gov. and Obama Administration Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman has hired two campaign consultants with ties to Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe to handle the candidate's video and digital presence. Ryan Cassin is Huntsman's digital strategist, according to a CNN story about the Huntsman campaign website. Cassin served as...
Election 2010: Some happy reflections
I've got some thoughts but am too tired to articulate them in any detail right now, so here are a few bullet points: There's lots of reasons to rejoice, particularly in Oklahoma. Every statewide office in Oklahoma is in Republican hands, and they're all good hands, to boot. Given that...
Election 2010: My national prediction
My picks for the final congressional result: House 276 R - 179 D (Republican net gain of 98.) Senate 52 R - 48 D (Republican net gain of 11: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin.) Remember: You can still help be the wave....
Being the wave in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
So the other two volunteers from the Tulsa area had to cancel. The expected number of local Muskogee volunteers didn't materialize. I think there were about 7 by the time all was said and done, including me and my 10-year-old daughter. Only three of us had any of the four...
Be the Wave in Tulsa
In addition to our get-out-the-vote effort tomorrow in Muskogee (still time to sign up for that, by the way), there are a lot of opportunities to help Republican candidates get out the vote in the Tulsa area (and elsewhere in the state, too). The Oklahoma Republican Party needs people to...
The corny stuff matters
I originally had this challenge buried in the bottom of this article, but I want to be sure you see it: Are any of you volunteering your time for a candidate between now and Tuesday? You can join me in Muskogee on Saturday campaigning for Charles Thompson, volunteer for...
How to be the wave -- and wash Dan Boren out of Congress
In the previous entry, I mentioned that there are congressional districts that could be competitive for conservative Republicans, districts which have voted for Republicans in the past, where the GOP challenger is a credible community leader. But they will only be competitive if volunteers show up to get the message...
Will there be a wave? Or will it be dissipated by complacency?
That big, beautiful electoral wave we see building may be a mere ripple by the time it reaches shore on November 2. Some of my blogpals are worried, and rightly so. Tabitha Hale of FreedomWorks issues a challenge: Here's the thing: Republicans are undoubtedly going to win next Tuesday. We...
Be the wave!
It's highly entertaining to watch the approach of what appears to be the biggest political wave in a generation. It's fun to watch once-safe incumbents blow a gasket, demonstrate general cluelessness, or show their complete insensitivity to the problems and concerns that face their constituents. A political junkie could...
Get out the vote (GOTV) efforts?
Just posted this at the TulsaNow forum, but I'll post it here in hopes of getting more participation: Given estimates of a record turnout today, I'm curious to know what is getting people to the polls, so I'm starting this thread to ask: Do you know of anyone who has...
Election review: State House
Warning: Heavy number-crunching follows. Republicans won 9 (possibly 10, pending a recount) out of the 23 open Oklahoma House seats previously held by Democrats, plus they replaced incumbent Democrat Roy McClain with Dan Sullivan in House 71 (a 13 point margin). Republicans lost one incumbent -- Stuart Ericson (HD 13)...
Horserace Blog gives the scoop on polls
Jay Cost's Horserace Blog has a fascinating review of the major polling companies and what each says publicly about the methodology used to select a sample and weight results. Another issue that has come to my attention is the problem of methodological publicity. As a person involved in academia, I...
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