Polinaut: March 8, 2006 Archive

What's going on at Center of the American Experiment?

Posted at 9:17 AM on March 8, 2006 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)

Among those reportedly leaving are:

Jonathan Blake, Research Fellow
Ryan Griffin, Director of Development
Annette Meeks, President and CEO
Corey Miltimore, Director, Media Research Study
Chris Tiedeman, Director of Government Affairs and MinnesotaVotes.org
Randy Wanke, Communications Director

No updated news release appears on the Center's Web site, although one was issued.

According to MPR's Tim Pugmire. "A statement from Meeks said she was proud of many accomplishments during her tenure and looked forward to continuing to build the conservative movement in Minnesota.
The center's founder and president emeritus, Mitch Pearlstein, said the restructuring involves a change in subject matter. He declined to offer further explanation."

Six people get blown out becaue of a change in subject matter? To what?
By the way, MinnesotaVotes.org was a useful tool that Chris Tiedeman invented. A little kludgy, but useful nonetheless. The MPR version, which does not intend to track every bill, is also running.

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Birds do it. Bees do it. Even the Democrats in DC do it...

Posted at 11:34 AM on March 8, 2006 by Bob Collins (1 Comments)

From the Washington Post:

A group of well-connected Democrats led by a former top aide to Bill Clinton is raising millions of dollars to start a private firm that plans to compile huge amounts of data on Americans to identify Democratic voters and blunt what has been a clear Republican lead in using technology for political advantage.

The main question I have, of course is: are they telling people what they're doing?

One wonders -- well at least I do -- whether those interested in protecting privacy should just not vote.

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