Democratic National Convention - Day 1
EDR compiles, describes and links election related diaries for down-ticket races through the closing months of election seasons. Down-ticket means any non-Presidential race.
This group was formed by the producers of a front page diary series that rescued election related diaries in 2006, 2008 and 2010. 2012 marks the first election since Daily Kos was born that there is blog devoted to election coverage - Daily Kos Elections.
Election Diary Rescue is proud to be a part of this project.
EDR chronicles the passion, power and effectiveness of political engagement and shines a light on candidates and issues that might be missed during an action-packed election cycle. It gives quick access to races, hopefully inspires people to write about contests that interest them, and has become an archive for thousands of election related diaries over the years. For the archive of this project, founded by sidinny, please go to our EDR closing diary for the 2010 election which links all the rescued diaries since 2006.
Format, Schedule & Tags:
Diarists can help the EDR mining team by identifying the race in the diary title, for example: (FL-14) or (GA-Gov) or (NY-Sen). Our miners will also be searching by tags so it will help if diarists include the tags "elections" and/or "EDR" in their diary tag list. New this year, you can write your first sentence or two as the synopsis you would like to see in the EDR description.
EDR's schedule for mining diaries is noon to noon. Our publishing schedule is in the evening. That means for example, that if you post your diary at 12:00 pm (noon) on Wednesday, we will include it in the EDR list in Thursday evening's post. If you publish your diary at 11:59 am on Thursday, it will be in the diary collection for Thursday evening as well.
This edition of
Election Diary Rescue includes the following gems dug up by our miners, for a total of
(17) diaries:
Senate: (2) posts
House: (5) posts
State: (4) posts
Ballot Initiatives: (1) post
General: (5) posts
Today's EDR covers rescued election diaries published between noon on September 3rd till noon on September 4th.
[CA-03] Congressman John Garamendi Takes on Fox News on Medicare (CA-03) by tgypsy - Former CA Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi (D) set FoxNews straight on the 716 billion dollars in Medicare savings republicans have been lying about constantly. He faces Kim Vann (R) to represent the newly drawn CA-03 district.
More diaries beneath the Orange Squiggle of Power
Senate
[MA-Sen] Elizabeth Warren vs. Scott Brown, parade edition by aseth - A diary of differing public reaction to Warren (D) and Brown (R) during the Marlborough Labor Day Parade.
[Sen-Var] Intrading the Senate by Buckland - Diarist's explanation of Intrade odds on Senate races and how the final tally looks after week 3.
House
[CA-03] Congressman John Garamendi Takes on Fox News on Medicare (CA-03) by tgypsy - Former CA Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi (D) set FoxNews straight on the 716 billion dollars in Medicare savings republicans have been lying about constantly. He faces Kim Vann (R) to represent the newly drawn CA-03 district.
[IL-08] Labor Day by TammyDuckworth - On Labor Day, we celebrate the hard work and ability to make your own future that is at the heart of the American Dream. When in Congress, I will work hard to rebuild our economy and create good jobs for American workers.
[OH-11] Labor Day in Cleveland by anastasia p - Well over 30 years ago, Congressman Louis Stokes, who was representing a swath of the East Side of Cleveland then known as the 21st district, started the tradition of the annual Labor Day Parade and Picnic. It was the largest annual public event in Northeast Ohio's black community.
[VA-06] Video: A Real Democrat Gives One of the Best Most Kick-A Political Speeches I've Ever Seen by lowkell - Video and transcript of a great Andy Schmookler (D) speech given toward his run against incumbent Bob Goodlatte (R) in VA-06.
[WI-01] Shortest GOTV Diary Ever by Quicklund - Paul Ryan is on the Wisconsin ballot running for both VP and for his current House seat, WI-01. He could win both elections, or neither, or win one and lose the other. Great reason to GOTV.
State
[NC-Gov] Elections Polling Wrap: Romney bounce still MIA as Democrats prepare to begin in Charlotte by Steve Singiser - Head-scratcher of the day: the state of play in the North Carolina gubernatorial election.
[WI-StSen] Kansas State Senator Jean Schodorf leaves the Republican Party by bigjacbigjacbigjac - For just the second time in history a prominent Kansas Republican has defected from that party. No word yet if Schodorf will follow Kathleen Sebelius' lead and switch to the Democratic Party.
[WI-Var] Monday night wrap-up by Mike Tate - First day's report from Charlotte by a blogger for Wisconsin's Democratic Party with emphasis on WI candidates and races.
[Var-State] Political Geography, Part 3: The Midwest by sawolf - Part 3 of a series on regional state races, this time covering midwestern states. Very nice graphs in this very useful resource.
Ballot Initiatives
[ID-Var] Is the STATE of Idaho Whitewashing Tom Luna's Bio? by The Book Bear - A diary regarding Propositions 1, 2 and 3 on the Idaho ballot this November.
General
AFL-CIO & Others Join for GOTV by Mokurai - A look at the various groups working to GOTV and information on progress against voter suppression.
Beware of Online Voter Registration Sites by Nomi Rene - Some of those online registration sites look to be highly questionable, even to not providing proper info and including wrong addresses for mailing the form.
Republican Obstructionism is mostly responsible for our economy by mikepridmore - Diarist offers a collection of press links to coverage of republican obstructionism in congress to highlight just how poorly the media has performed its job.
Union election efforts get into gear with tens of thousands of activists knocking millions of doors by Laura Clawson - A look at what unions are and are not doing at this point in the election cycle, including keeping their plans close to the vest.
Wisconsin's Newest Battle Over Voter Registration: eDocs vs Paper by Nomi Rene - Diarist tries to show why the citizens of Wisconsin should be able to use eDocs to show residency for voter registration after the Government Accountability Board's recent unanimous decision.