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Enhance your website with something that will help you create a memorable brandAn old pal of the blog, Eric Hogensen, is a campaign professional, currently freezing his ass off in Wisconsin while working in Matt Flynn's gubernatorial campaign.

Alan Grayson's e-mails are legendary because they say something worth taking a few minutes to read. No one likes being bombarded with pointless spam-- like "we're almost there" or "the sky is falling," or whatever pointless bullshit the DCCC tells candidates to use.

There's a progressive organization this cycle that was-- they are no longer-- forcing candidates to sign a contract that stipulated, among other things, that the candidate would instruct ActBlue to send all their contributions not to the candidate's own bank account but to the organization's bank account. The organization would keep 95% of the funds and send 5% to the candidate. Eventually the candidates said, collectively, "Duh!