In 2008, one first-time progressive candidate in a key congressional district went through four campaign managers before losing.
Another spent $47,000 to retain a media firm that never produced a single TV ad. Another spent $40,000 on field consultants -- enough to pay 10 field staffers for two months, but which only bought a few hand-holding consultant calls. And others wasted thousands of dollars and weeks of staff time designing C-rate websites.
Every election cycle, inexperienced candidates who run on bold progressive ideas -- candidates who political insiders predict "can't win" -- come within a few points of victory. But too many lose winnable races due to the mistakes and inefficiencies of their campaigns.
Who is getting the backs of these progressive candidates? Who is helping them run competent, efficient campaigns so they can win? Right now, nobody.
...The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) will fill this void - providing needed infrastructure and strategic advice to progressive candidates so they can run first-class campaigns and win.
One thing I realized at MoveOn -- and that many folks across the blogosphere have written about in recent election cycles -- is that it makes no sense for the progressive community to raise tons of money for candidates who then spend it inefficiently, including on bloated consultant costs. We need to step up and help progressive candidates not just raise money, but run effective campaigns and win.
(A wee reality-based look at trade issues, beyond the soundbite level. - promoted by Paul Rosenberg)
You are probably aware of David Sirota writing piece after piece smearing Hillary on trade. I have commented repeatedly that these blog posts do not give detailed real position statements, mislead via Hillary's role as 1st spouse, and I find objectionable for they are not the whole truth, which is neither candidate has really adopted a strategy to completely revamp trade policy, especially Obama.
So, let's get to the truth shall we on Hillary's trade policy positions.
Hillary's website is god awful. There it is, I said it. So, it's harder to refute these claims because the position statements are not all in one place. I dig out many for you on the flip.
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