Early House Report Card

[TheEngineer]

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Great diary. If you want to build in a little more advocacy, you can highlight the FoF connection. Lots of liberals would call their Congressman just for a chance to stick a thumb in Dobson's eye, he's like Public Enemy #1 at Daily Kos.

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Good call, thanks. I just updated it.

This is my first diary at the Daily Kos. It seems to be getting a lot of attention. I hope everyone will visit and comment to keep it visible on the home page.

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Just to be clear, unless you get enough recommends to make the "recommended diaries" list (which is never going to happen, sadly, for the stuff we're dealing with, the diary will automatically scroll down the "recent diaries" list and vanish into the archives once enough new diaries are posted by other users. This is the price you pay, I guess, for getting to post in a place that gets seen by so many eyes.

The fact that diaries have a short life span is why it's important to make sure you include good tags, so it will be sure to show up when people search for things like "poker" or "online gambling."

Even though recommends and comments won't technically make it stay up on the list any longer, it's good to get a discussion going, as people tend to scan the "recent diaries" list and gravitate towards the ones with more comments, figuring they must be interesting.

Also, a lot of people cross-post diaries from Daily Kos to mydd.com, which attracts a related but slightly different crowd. Fewer diaries get posted there, so you stay up on the front page a little longer. The posting system there is basically the same.

Thanks again for all your hard work.

[TheEngineer]

One more blog, this time on a conservative site: http://internetpokerrights.townhall.com/Default.aspx

It needs a little work still.

[Legislurker]

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Great diary. If you want to build in a little more advocacy, you can highlight the FoF connection. Lots of liberals would call their Congressman just for a chance to stick a thumb in Dobson's eye, he's like Public Enemy #1 at Daily Kos.

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Im working on a draft letter I am writing now. Two. One to Larry Flynt. The other to the DNC. Topic: Lowering the GOP numbers in Congress. I am trying to make the DNC one good, the Flynt one almost writes itself. Asking for money, help, anything, even someone from either camp to post here. Or if they liek to do it behind the scenes, at Bandit's temp site.
Good call, thanks. I just updated it.

This is my first diary at the Daily Kos. It seems to be getting a lot of attention. I hope everyone will visit and comment to keep it visible on the home page.

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[Greg Miller]

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I do think Giuliani would be good for us even if he is not on our side, as he'd likely start a process of liberating the Republican Party from social conservative domination.

Al D'Amato endorsed Fred Thompson for president, but I don't know if that means Thompson is for Internet poker or not.

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My concern with Giuliani is that he's pretty authoritarian in general. I wouldn't quite describe him as "Elliot Spitzer without the corruption scandal", but I don't know how much I trust him. Not sure on his views of Internet poker, either.

As for Thompson, he's an intense federalist and was the same way in the Senate. He's the kind of guy that's willing to lose a 99-1 vote when the federal government tries to grab power away from the states.

In other words, the UIGEA is a textbook example of his pet peeve. That said, presidents pick their fights and he might not choose this one, but it's hard to imagine him being in favor of federal anti-gambling laws, even if he's in favor of state anti-gambling laws.

[Greg Miller]

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One more blog, this time on a conservative site: http://internetpokerrights.townhall.com/Default.aspx

It needs a little work still.

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I was pleased to see that redstate.com (conservative equivalent of Daily Kos without nearly so much rage and vitriol) congratulated Jerry Yang on the front page for his WSOP win when it happened. It's one of those little things that reminds me that we may be closer to victory than it sometimes seems.

[TheEngineer]

A recent Cincinnati Enquirer article on the '08 House elections in the greater Cinci area.

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.d...103/708120430/

Summary: Geoff Davis [R-KY} may not even face a Democratic challenger (very different from '06). Jean Schmidt [R-KY] and Steve Chabot already have strong challengers (and Schmidt has a strong primary challenge). I'll move Davis off the "L-rated" list if a challenger doesn't appear soon

[CountingMyOuts]

Good news, it's confirmed that Rep. Deborah Pryce (R, OH-15) will not be running for re-election in '08.

Link to Source

Another seat likely to head to the "D" column.

[TheEngineer]

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Good news, it's confirmed that Rep. Deborah Pryce (R, OH-15) will not be running for re-election in '08.

Link to Source

Another seat likely to head to the "D" column.

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Sweet! Same for Dennis Hastert (not sure if it will be a "D", though).

[Uglyowl]

Looks like Rep. Chip Pickering (Engineer Ranking: ?) is gone too, maybe even before his term is up:

Chip Pickering (R) to resign

In other (more significant) news:

Rumor: Dave Hobson (Engineer rating: F) to retire

Running for his seat against, Bill Conner , seems to be "anti Focus on the Family" in the issues: Right to choose, gay marriage not government issue, etc.