Small Biz Likes Hillary, But

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Wednesday November 28, 2007 · 9:44 AM PST

2007/11/28 · 09:44

Last Friday, masslib posted this diary titled "Hillary Favored by Small Business Leaders". masslib had picked up this story about MarketTools Inc.'s Zoomerang online survey of small business leaders. And the diary was quite right that Hillary Clinton was favored for President by 22% of the survey respondents with Rudy Giuliani coming in second at 17%. That diary drew quite a number of comments - 90 as of this writing.

However, I found the press releaseon the Inc.-Zoomerang Entrepreneurial Report. And to my mind, there is much bigger news in this report than the fact that Hillary is first choice of 22% of the survey respondents.

How can that be, you say? Follow me below the jump...

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Thursday November 22, 2007 · 9:21 AM PST

2007/11/22 · 09:21

OK, it's Thanksgiving and football games haven't started yet, so I've got a couple minutes on my hands. Let me pose this question: How do we run presidential primary campaigns here in Florida without the candidates?

Florida's presidential preference primary will be held on January 29th. That's just 67 days away. And it will be one week before Super Duper Tuesday on February 5th when so many other states are going to vote. So Florida's voice will have influence this cycle.

The question becomes, how do we begin to make this a fair contest in Florida if the candidates can't campaign here?

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Monday November 12, 2007 · 6:57 AM PST

2007/11/12 · 06:57

This week marked the date that put us one year out from the November 2008 elections. Much has been writtenon this subject already. As I have looked at some of these pieces and reflected on the election that just passed this week in my hometown of St. Petersburg, I have been thinking about what this next 12 months will bring us.

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Friday November 02, 2007 · 12:27 PM PDT

2007/11/02 · 12:27

Wow!

What a week it has been in the Florida Blogosphere! Well, if you want to start a week on Friday and end it on Thursday, that is.

This week in the Florida Blogoshpere started off in Orlando and ended up in the Wall Street Journal!

Follow me for a recap of the week that was...WOW!

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Wednesday October 31, 2007 · 6:46 AM PDT

2007/10/31 · 06:46

On Sunday, October 28, 2007, the Florida Democratic Party Central Committee approved the recommendation of the Committee on Clubs, Caucuses and Organizations to grant approval to the charter application of the Florida Democratic Party Netroots Coalition.

We are now an officially recognized organization

within the Florida Democratic Party!!!!!

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Sunday October 21, 2007 · 6:16 PM PDT

2007/10/21 · 18:16

I can't believe it has been over a month since my last post here on DKos. But what a month it has been in local politics in the City of St. Petersburg. The last postwas a rundown on our City Council elections, which will be on November 6th. Follow me below the jump, and I'll bring you up to date on what has been happening in our little corner of the world.

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Monday September 24, 2007 · 4:38 PM PDT

2007/09/24 · 16:38

I have not been on these pages hardly at all lately. There are two main reasons for that. The first is because I have been working at the basic building block level of elected politics - City Council elections. The second is, well, er, it is football season and the Florida Gators are 4 and 0.

But this diary is about the hard work of building a bench down on the hustings. If you want to know what life is like at the bottom of the political totem pole, about failures and successes and lessons learned, follow me below the fold...

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Monday September 03, 2007 · 3:56 AM PDT

2007/09/03 · 03:56

For a long time now, I have been saying that the stars are aligned for the Democrats to win the White House in 2008. All we have to do is to avoid shooting ourselves in the foot. Right about now, I feel like I am picking some of Dick Cheney's buck shot out of my toes.

This stupid fight about the primary date in Florida and the DNC yanking Florida's delegates and now our idiotic candidates pledging to not campaign (but to continue to raise money) in Florida is making me absolutely crazy.

What to do about it? Follow me...

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Tuesday August 28, 2007 · 4:37 AM PDT

2007/08/28 · 04:37

The recent decision by the Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee to possibly strip Florida of all its delegates to the Democratic National Convention has certainly created a stir. The newspapers and the blogs are just a Buzzwith all sorts of sky is falling articles.

I propose we just all back away from the keyboard and take a deep breath. There, doesn't that feel better? Now let's talk about what's really important in this whole primary mess.

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Monday August 13, 2007 · 3:52 PM PDT

2007/08/13 · 15:52

I purposely did not embed this as a YouTube link. That's because I just want you to focus on this picture.

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What is remarkable about it? Is it the words that were said on this program? Follow me below the fold...

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Saturday August 11, 2007 · 6:16 AM PDT

2007/08/11 · 06:16

I was reading this comment in Vyan's excellent diary: Gitmo Lawyers Challenge FISA Bill in Court:

Right-wing could mean libertarian. (3+ / 0-)

Genuine libertarians are appalled by the administration's assault on civil liberties.

It struck me that true Conservatives would be as appalled by the Bush Administration's behavior as true Progressives. So where is the outrage from the conservative side? When was the day that Conservatism died?

To try to find out, follow me...

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Wednesday August 08, 2007 · 5:13 AM PDT

2007/08/08 · 05:13

Progressives have been mightily unhappy with the performance of the newly elected Democratic Congress. While there have been some successes such as the minimum wage increase, ethics reform and the expansion of SCHIP, the children's health care program, there have been some notable failures and setbacks.

The failure to change course in Iraq and the miserable kneel down to Bush on warrantless wiretapping are two of the biggest failures. And yet these things happened with majorities of Democrats voting against them.

When Dennis Hastert was Speaker of the House, he had a rule. He called it the Majority of the Majority. What was this rule and how could it help the Democrats legislate as Democrats? Follow me below the fold...

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