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...year-old Chicago-native lay out his vision for the Bay State. But in a race that is rapidly becoming a fight for the middle ground, the Patrick campaign is financially lagging behind its primary opponent. Patrick urged his supporters to intensify their fund raising efforts and resist partisan labels. The 90-minute event, largely a celebration of Patrick’s vision and experience, challenged the grassroots campaign to bring more people and more money into the campaign. The Boston Globe reported yesterday that the Patrick campaign was more than $3 million behind Democratic primary opponent Mass. Attorney General...
ANDRES MARTINEZ: Yeah, I'd say it's a very competitive world out there and very partisan. But in a sense, it's less lonely, because there are more communities, and it's easier to join them...
MARTINEZ: It depends which community you pick. But I think the polarization is also exaggerated. Things are partisan, but it's superficial...
...efficiencies of the Internet, Bush strategist Dowd thinks the Web has its limits. "Our research shows it's great for driving partisan activity and fund raising," says Dowd, "but less effective at persuasion in a political sense. That's why we're really pushing this idea of what I call navigators." In 2004 the G.O.P. mined its database to identify 10,000 African-American "team leaders" who, in exchange for VIP treatment, like getting to shake hands with the President in front of Air Force One, would voluntarily talk up Republican policies to their friends...
...corruption in the nation's capital may not be a partisan issue at all, at least as far as the voters see it, and that fact alone may help slow down any momentum for far-reaching reforms. Polls show voters so far don't think there is much difference between the two parties when it comes to ethics; they simply assume both parties are equally close to lobbyists and interests groups. And while Democrats in the Senate did offer a more far-reaching reform bill that Republicans rejected this week, the two parties' approaches to fixing the lobbyist problems have...