campaign strategies

A month or so ago, Andy Millard-- a candidate last year against NC crackpot Patrick McHenry-- told me how he wants to share what he learned in his run with other candidates. He's organizing the Democratic Candidates Conference to help with training, networking, resources and support that are often painfully difficult to come by (unless they're one of the select DCCC recruits).

The Clinton campaign's strategy against Donald Trump, or Sherman's march to the sea? (Click to enlarge; source)by Gaius PubliusI'm just presenting this, and genuinely for your information. I'd be shocked if the Clinton team weren't preparing to take on Donald Trump should Clinton win the nomination.

It's not always the easiest thing to assign motivation to a politician for their votes, although it helps when they're consistent and when they tell their constituents why. Otherwise you have to guess a lot of the time.

From a tweet by Christopher Mendoza (@CMendoz_a), which reads (links onsite): "What a welcome from Rancho HS! Can't believe they made this @HillaryClinton sign. They're excited! #Hillary2016"

After watching how a weak Republican candidate, lobbyist David Jolly, managed to beat Alex Sink-- with the DCCC and EMILY's List all in-- after Sink spent $3,195,638-- double what Jolly spent-- it was clear that throwing money into media buys was more effective in enriching consultants than in winning elections.