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In Iowa, Your Blog Had Better Be On The Radio

Not a day goes by without some sort of story about New Media popping up on the political news sites.

Daily News Roundup, 10/15/07: SCHIP Sticks Around

Welcome to a new news cycle. You may have noticed that SCHIP is still very much among the headlines, and it probably isn't going away any time soon.

Kids Strike Back

The GOP keeps losing voters by demographic division. We knew that young people were identifying Democratic in greater numbers, but the Chron has a story today about how even young people that should be Republican aren't.

On The Record: Aimee Boone

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Aimee Boone, the Finance Director for the Texas Democratic Party.

Texas Blue Mailbag: Week of October 7, 2007

Mailbag? More like Mixed Bag, am I right?

In case you're curious about what's actually *in* the Mailbag, we cover Denton County and Turkey. --George

I Endorse This Post

There's an interesting story at Huffington Post today concerning endorsements and what they mean. Essentially, Sam Stein makes the argument that endorsements are good for press but they don't really bring out the voters.

On The Record: Fred Chavez

For this episode of On The Record, we speak with Fred Chavez, Coryell Democratic County Chair.

Daily News Roundup, 10/12/07: The Gore Award Trifecta

Al Gore already has an Oscar and an Emmy. He added to his award shelf when he won the Norwegian Primary this morning. He shares the Nobel Peace Prize with a UN panel on climate change.

Looking California, Skipping Iowa

Over at The Fix, Chris Cillizza seems convinced that some GOP candidates are ready to fork Iowa over to Mitt Romney.

Daily News Roundup, 10/11/07: Blackwater Out, Another Unaccountable Group In

Complaints about Blackwater don't seem to have fallen on deaf ears — but they do seem to have fallen on ears that miss the point.