Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Money Talks

By Karoli April 5, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Florida Donors to DNC: You did say satisfaction guaranteed, right? Some Florida big money donors to the DNC want their money back since it didn’t buy an open door to…

Delegate Voodoo: Credentials, Dates and Magic Math

By Karoli April 3, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Recently Howard Dean expressed confidence that the Democratic nominee would be known by July 1st. There is a significance to that date that has gone unreported. July 1st matters because…

Live-blog DNCC Blogger Press Credential Conference Call

By Karoli April 1, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Official notes will be released later today/tomorrow DNCC Press Cred Call 4/1 Aron Myers – Director of online communications Jenny Engerbretson – convention director Bobby Karp – Progress Now Jennifer…

The Pattern

By Karoli March 28, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

This just dropped into my inbox from the Clinton campaign: Have you noticed the pattern? Every time our campaign demonstrates its strength and resilience, people start to suggest we should…

Puerto Rico Complies With Clinton Mandate

By Karoli March 7, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

Hearing the cry that Clinton doesn’t do as well in caucuses as she does in primaries, Puerto Rico has changed their caucus to a primary and moved up the date…

As Goes Clinton, So Goes the Party?

By Karoli March 5, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Congratulations to Hillary Clinton on her wins yesterday. I wish she had won with politics that didn’t involve aligning with John McCain by holding herself out as some kind of…