President Bush Parachutes-in Political Crony to Salvage Knollenberg's Fledgling Campaign

lol Great quote from Brewer. (4.00 / 3)

You go Mark!


To prepare for when your life flashes before your eyes, make sure it's fun to watch.

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by: JNelson @ Fri Jan 25, 2008 at 22:04:34 PM UTC

The best indication of that (4.00 / 2)

is how many times Knollenberg attacked Gary Peters after he announced last fall.  Until the primary started up, he was attacking Gary about twice a week.

Very vulnerable, good news for us!

Let's put an end to Knollenberg's "SUB-PRIME" career.

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by: frontline in 09 @ Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 06:24:09 AM UTC

Craig has Joe on a short leash (4.00 / 3)

Ever since I confronted Joe and Trent on their policies on children's health care and the war in Iraq and Trent ended upon Countdown with Keith Olbermann, it's been pretty quiet out of the Knollenberg camp.  

Gary Peters will be our new congressman from the 9th Congressional District.

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by: bfealk @ Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 11:38:47 AM UTC

Or It Will Be Nancy Skinner (4.00 / 1)

But either way the next representative for the 9th district will be a Democrat.

http://www.skinnerforcongress....

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by: kpominville @ Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 12:17:10 PM UTC

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lol... right (2.00 / 3)

Even if she was our nominee... she would not be our next rep. She can't raise the money. She did not do it last time. Now its even harder.

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by: A-Hillz4ever @ Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 13:04:51 PM UTC

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Money Doesn't Win Elections, Mobilized Voters Win Elections (0.00 / 0)

Engaging voters is how you win elections.
Even if you are being outspent.
Paul Wellstone proved that.

Nancy is the more engaging, inspiring candidate. Nancy has the superior ability to get her message out and reach the people who are the key to winning the 9th district: the disengaged voters.  

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by: kpominville @ Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 14:19:23 PM UTC

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How to win friends and influence people (4.00 / 4)

I'm not in that district, in fact I'm in a district where we are incredibly fortunate to have even one viable candidate.....anyhow, if I were in a district with a contested primary and I supported one over the other guess what I wouldn't do....

I would not put down the other Dem and I surely wouldn't laugh at their supporters, knowing that after the primary I'd want their support for my candidate.

I think it's a thing to marvel at really.  The fact that Peters has all these big guns behind him and practically every advantage he could ask for and yet, some of his supporters on the tubes do an incredible job of alienating and being most UNgracious.  It reminds me of the team of rich kids w/fabulous equipment and uniforms playing against (and mercilessly mocking/hassling) the rag-tag kids from the poorer neighborhood.    (This of course excludes Jordan who epitomizes the concept of "class act")  

Julie

To prepare for when your life flashes before your eyes, make sure it's fun to watch.

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by: JNelson @ Sat Jan 26, 2008 at 14:41:35 PM UTC

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4th Quarter numbers due Thursday (3.00 / 3)

Money doesn't win elections, but it sure helps.  If you notice, all the candidates who are having trouble raising money have dropped out of the presidential primary race.

If Nancy wants to stay in the race all the way to the primary in August, I predict she will have to mortgage her house, her car and anything else she owns.

Due to the fact that this is a presidential election year, TV time will have to be bought early and Nancy won't have the money to reserve the time on TV for the primary, much less the general were she to be the candidate.  

She has a small, vocal group of supporters, but not enough to give her the kind of numbers needed to run an effective media campaign.  She couldn't do it last time with $422,000 in total donations.  And I'm confident her fund raising number for the 4th quarter won't break $30,000 and even it it does, it's not enough to get any substantial national support.

If she stays in the race, the national attention the 9th District has now may go away and I don't think that's what any of us want.  

The DCCC will go away, and so will their money and that will hurt the Democrats' chances of winning the district.

In the interest of a Democratic victory in the 9th District, I hope that there won't be a primary.  

JOE HAS GOT TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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by: bfealk @ Sun Jan 27, 2008 at 12:34:50 PM UTC

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Money (4.00 / 2)

Money may not win elections but a lack of it definitely loses them. This will be a National race where the GOP will spend millions. No one should ridicule Nancy's supporters, they will be needed to take down Joe. But political reality is ugly and hard to face. Fortunately there is a great progressive candidate for Skinner supporters to fall back on when she graciously bows out. All Progs need to keep our eye on the prize. Taking out Joe and ending our long Congressional nightmare.

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by: Mitch @ Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 12:56:55 PM UTC

Knollenberg and Albright and the fight for the mighty flush (0.00 / 0)

I found this quote from Albright about Knollenberg's bill to repeal the Plumbing standards act which included low flush toilets. It's nice to see that Albright and Knollenberg had their heads in the right place way back in 1998.

Early last year, Knollenberg introduced H.R. 859, the Plumbing Standards Improvement Act of 1997, which would repeal the low-flow mandate. The bill has generated substantial public support. "The mail has just been tremendous," says Craig Albright, a legislative assistant to Knollenberg. Most complain about the performance of the new toilets, and about a government that would do such a thing to them. For example, Bill Lynn of Davenport, Iowa, said his new toilets "clog easily, and I find that I sometimes must flush them five or six times," and that "this is just another case of government intrusion, and we have plenty of that."

from Source Citation:Lieberman, Ben. "Potty politics: doesn't the federal government have anything better to worry about." Washington Monthly 30.n10 (Oct 1998): 30(2). General OneFile. Gale. Capital Area District Library. 28 Jan. 2008  

What would Eleanor Roosevelt do?

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by: janeenr @ Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 18:34:46 PM UTC

The flush... (4.00 / 1)

is about the only thing Knollenberg has been concerned about for the last 16 years.

Let's put an end to Knollenberg's "SUB-PRIME" career.

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by: frontline in 09 @ Mon Jan 28, 2008 at 20:37:32 PM UTC

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