JoJo – Too Little Too Late:
Jen at Feministing took offense at a letter/ad sent out by Louisiana State Senate candidate Yvonne Dorsey. There are some scans on the site if you click over. Evidently the main bone of contention is the use of hearts at bullets on the text. My feeling is that it looks a little junior high, but also goes with the the slogan of “brave heart, bold voice.”
Red Hog Diary has a write up about the concluding ceremonies of the World Food Prize Youth Institute.
There have been lots of reports about the Democratic State Central Committee conference call scheduled for tonight. It is likely, I think, that the SCC will vote to put our caucus on Jan. 3 along with the Republican Party of Iowa. Also of note, however, is a feeling of disenchantment that this is something being shoved down the throats of the SCC membership.
I guess all questions — or at least the most immediate — will be answered once the call concludes tonight. I have expressed my displeasure that this meeting is being done via a conference call in lieu of a face-to-face meeting. I have no first-hand knowledge if others were also dismayed or joyful over the process of the meeting. My thought is that deciding the date of the first-in-the-nation caucus is one of the most important that will face the membership of the SCC — and not something that is only important in political circles. Because of that, I wanted a face-to-face meeting.
Oh well, you win some, you lose some…
Iowa for Edwards is reporting that the former North Carolina Senator is the first — at least on the Democratic side — to speak to caucus-goers in all 99 Iowa counties. Congratulations!
Tony has some interesting thoughts on the subject of electability.
Mainstream Iowan says that social conservative religious leader Don Wilton supported Mitt Romney before he didn’t.
Adam has a great video at Iowa Independent showing Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd being interviewed in both Spanish and English.
Charlotte has candidate statements in relation to Magtag closing in Newton.
The folks over at Happy to be from Iowa are asking for a list of 10 bad habits. Not sure if I can come up with 10, but here are mine:
- Inability to say ‘no’ — I’ve got to quit over-extending myself.
- Book addiction — If it was just me, the cupboards would be bare, but the book shelves would be full
- Smoking — ugh, I know
- Procrastination — I’m sure I’ll have time to do that tomorrow.
- Organization by stack — I need a better system than having the Girl Scout pile, the work pile, the client pile and the home pile.
- Chips — Man, I love chips. Need to eat more veggies.
The Demo Memo draws a line between the California fires and global warming.
Desmoinesdem at Bleeding Heartland wrote this so I didn’t have to. Rock on.
