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Romanoff: Freep This Poll, Please

by: redstateblues

Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 14:44:09 PM MST


Thursday Update: Romanoff now leads the poll 1135 to 320! How is this even possible? It's astounding the outpouring of support for Romanoff in deciding this crucial endorsement.

From the Andrew Romanoff campaign:

Hello everyone!

On February 13th, Andrew will be participating in a forum sponsored by Be The Change. On their website (http://www.btc-usa.org), they have a poll asking who they should endorse. Vote in the poll today and let them know they should endorse Andrew Romanoff for the United States Senate. After you vote, forward this email to your friends and post the info on Facebook and Twitter. Let's spread the word and get out the vote!  

-Romanoff for Colorado

Before the e-mail went out, Michael Bennet had a considerable lead over Romanoff in this internet poll. Post-email, Romanoff is up by a cool 60 votes.

It's not that this poll would mean anything even if Romanoff hadn't freeped it, but the fact that they sent out an e-mail asking supporters to vote for Romanoff wreaks of desperation.

If the former Speaker of the House does end up winning--and all signs point to that happening, unless Bennet sends out a Freep Mail as well--does anyone doubt that they will claim the endorsement of Be the Change to be evidence of the overwhelming support for "the people's choice"?

Poll follows

redstateblues :: Romanoff: Freep This Poll, Please
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Do internet polls have any validity whatsoever?
Yes
Hell yes!
I am triguardian

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Desperation
Is Andrew really sitting around worrying about online polls? Shades of Bill Winter's 2006 campaign.....

But after looking at the website's banner, I think the larger question is: Does Mike Miles seriously think he's Gandhi?  


They're taking a page from JO's playbook!
If you can't freep the ColoradoPols front page election, then try another contest. Triguardian would be proud. We would all be proud, since we are all Triguardian.

Cha-ching! n/t


"Have a Bobby bar! My dad made them." --Jon Huntsman Jr.

[ Parent ]
Be The Change
was founded by Romanoff supporters for Romanoff supporters to steal health reform supporters away from Michael Bennet. Go to their website. The group title originally was a name used by Mike Miles' campaign years ago, and resurrected by former JeffCo Dem Chair Dick Barkey, who is a rabid Romanoff supporter. Barkey sits on the Be The Change board of directors.

"Be the Change" decided to have a health care conference, using the legitimate resources and participation of good people from Health Care for All Colorado, on a date when they knew Senator Bennet would not be available. Their fliers went out after the Bennet office told them the Senator would not be able to attend, saying "Meet the Candidates Andrew Romanoff and Michael Bennet".  Later, they sent out corrections saying, "Senator Bennet declined the invitation.

Pathetic.

The only thing worse than desperation is using good people like a legitimate group like HCAC.

Buck Stops Here.


"The group title originally was a name used by Mike Miles' campaign years ago"
...um, didn't some Indian guy say something similar once?

I'm not as sweet as I used to be.

[ Parent ]
*** In Fairness to Be The Change ***
I got an email from a board member today saying he was a Bennet supporter and there were other Bennet supporters over at Be The Change, too. He said I wasn't being fair to Dick Barkey, who in his words "tried very hard" to keep the event from being a Romanoff campaign event.  

If that is the case, Mr. Barkey,

"I apologize sincerely."  

Hope you are reading this.

Buck Stops Here.


[ Parent ]
Did anyone else get this?
I can't seem to find it in my e-mail. Which makes sense that they wouldn't send two e-mails to their entire list in one day. But, it just makes me wonder who the targets of this e-mail actually are... Maybe RSB ended up on some "rapid response" list, was ID'd as an AR supporter somehow, or he got his hands on the BTC e-mail list (which should be a story and is likely illegal) - either way a sign of sloppy data management.

But, if it is the case that he sent this to supporters, then why are we talking about it? Of course he is going to work within his supporters to win an endorsement poll - everyone does this for money, volunteers.


what exactly is "likely illegal"?


I'm not as sweet as I used to be.

[ Parent ]
Well, it's only one of several scenarios...
But, it would likely be illegal for him to have access to an NPO or private group's e-mail list unless there was some sort of exchange (i.e buying the list)...

With that said, we don't know who this e-mail went to or anything. So, it would be pushing it(but probably completely appropriate for this site!) if we were to read too much in to that, yet.


[ Parent ]
the scenario you dreamed up doesn't seem likely
If he had "access" to an email list, it's likely that he was given access. It's also likely that someone who received the email passed it along. Why would you presume some nefarious plot?  Sounds a bit hysterical.

I'm not as sweet as I used to be.

[ Parent ]
I look forward to my indictment


[ Parent ]
Don't worry.
We'll visit you in the big house, we promise. You will know us by our "Triguardian" name tags.

"I wouldn't characterize caloric intake as "professional development." c rork

[ Parent ]
I got the e-mail
And no, it wouldn't be illegal--for Romanoff anyway. The FEC doesn't consider e-mail addresses to have monetary value. The IRS does, so it could be an issue for the NPO, but that's always easily remedied by an exchange of value (such as an equal number of addresses, or an enhanced list).

Non impediti ratione cogitationis.

BTW, I "adduced" this all by myself, you total fucking assclown.
-Laughing Boy



[ Parent ]
Uh
Just got the e-mail in my inbox. You'd have to ask the Romanoff campaign how it got there, because I just signed up through the website like eeeeeverybody else.

[ Parent ]
Why you gotta be so damned sneaky?


I'm not as sweet as I used to be.

[ Parent ]
Can you believe my nerve?
Writing about an official campaign e-mail, and thinking that someone rigging an internet poll for no reason other than to say "Check out this kickass endorsement" is silly--where do I get off?

Oh crap, I think I hear the police coming to haul me away...


[ Parent ]
Maybe they will lock you up with that Obama character.
You know, the guy who broke the state party rules.

Buck Stops Here.

http://www.btc-usa.org/joomla15x/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=50


Buck Stops Here.

I stand corrected
The website indicates they re-activated in 2008. Check out their "open records request page" and their calendar. The only event past or present is this conference, it looks like.

Buck Stops Here.

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