AFP reports that Stan Greenberg and Jeremy Rosner have been called in to rescue the campaign of Israel’s Labor leader, Amir Peretz. Apparently, Stan will have his work cut out for him:
Despite Sharon’s incapacitation following a brain haemorrhage, Labour is still trailing a distant second in the polls ahead of a March 28 election and […]

Charlie Goodyear of the San Francisco Chronicle reports on what Michela has up her sleeve for Tuesday:
Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier plans to introduce legislation Tuesday that would rebate city-imposed fees and expenses on big-budget filmmakers who film at least 65 percent of their principal photography in San Francisco. For productions under $3 million, shooting 55 percent […]

Rich Schlackman reminded me of this year-old quote from Michael Barone (another Hart Research alum, like Peter Feld, Celinda Lake, Thom Riehle, Alan Secrest and me):

So what hath the blogosphere wrought? The left blogosphere has moved the Democrats off to the left, and the right blogosphere has undermined the credibility of the Republicans’ adversaries in […]

Having grown up in LA, I remember when Hollywood was the sort of place I dreaded taking out of state visitors. They were expecting glitz and they were going to get grime. Now, as reported by David Pierson in the LA Times, it’s the place to be - so much so that the City of […]

Randall Stross of the New York Times writes about the sad shape of Internet service in American homes. Little did I know that consumers in other countries have it so much better:
Until we get an upgrade - or rather an upgrade to an upgrade - the only Americans who will enjoy truly fast and inexpensive […]

The Hotline reports on Jim Pederson’s offensive against Jon Kyl:
Ex-AZ Dem chair/developer Jim Pederson (D) called for increased regulations on business lobbyists in the wake of the Jack Abramoff scandal. Pederson says he wants a new law requiring federal lawmakers and corporate lobbyists to report their meetings to the FEC, and that those meetings should […]

Todd Purdum of Vanity Fair, writing in the New York Times “Week in Review,” tries to put the lobbying scandal gripping DC into perspective. In mentioning some of the ideas floating around on how to mitigate against corruption, one strikes me as simple, effective and, because of technology, possible in a way it never was […]

Chip Scutari of the Arizona Republic reports on the latest from Governor Janet Napolitano:
Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano will kick-start her re-election campaign Monday by tackling illegal immigration with a sophisticated border radar system and additional staffing that could include stationing National Guard troops at the border.
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Napolitano is expected to emphasize education in her Monday address. […]

Happened to see on the Spidelblog that Kris Garcia, Arizona State Director for the Progressive Majority, is looking to fill two positions: Assistant State Director and Political Director. Kris was one of the superstar young field operatives that delivered a less than 1 percent margin for Janet Napolitano in 2002. I’m sure he’ll do […]

Saw Cuellar standing behind his political benefactor Tom DeLay on a WOAI story today. Unfortunately, my Mac and www.WOAI.com don’t get along very well, so I couldn’t do a screen capture. The above chestnut of Cuellar’s electoral sugar daddy will have to do.
DeLay got Cuellar into office by drawing lines designed to dilute black and […]