Saturday, February 9, 2008
Chrisfaulkner on twitter: Kansas sticks
Kansas sticks it's finger in McCain's eye giving 33 of 36 delegates to the Huckster.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Pols, flacks, significant others watch returns and consume adult beverages at Faulkner/Ice Miller event in Indianapolis.
OK, so this isn't the actual tumbleweed technology that we thought we had. It appears that you still need good connectivity to the internet to make live blogging really work ... And if you want to blog from the cellphone it helps if you charge the battery before you leave.
Still in all, what a great night for Pol watchers and those of interested in the process.
Faulkner Strategies and Ice Miller put on quite a nice spread with a couple of free drinks and some great munchies ...
Seen in the Crowd ...
Several notable pols and pundits were in attendence, notably Brian Howey of the Howey Political Report, CD 07 Candidate and State Rep. John Elrod, and Rep. Sean Eberhard of Shelbyville, among others.
Ft Wayne Blogger "Angry White Boy" and our own contributors Josh Gillespie, Kurt Luidhardt (and Kristen, of course), and Jacob Perry were also there, along with Jim Banks and his lovely bride, Amanda.
Marion County Chair, Tom John was working the room as were some of the new Mayor's staff ... Angel Rivera and Todd Tolson (who showed up fresh from his work-out, in what can only be described as, well, sweats) we also observed working the bar ...
In a second blunder of biblical proportions, we forgot the batteries for the digital camera so we have no photographic evidence to prove our claim that everybody had a really great time... but hey, if we can rip somebody else's pix off, we will.
Special thanks to the Claddaugh and their hard workin' staff and Mark Shublak of Ice Miller. HT/ Tim and Doris Anne Sadler.
Monday, February 4, 2008
The Conspiracy is Growing!
We here at the blogquarters are humbled and, well, a bit misty-eyed that three of the really good pol-bloggers in Indiana have (in a moment of weakness) decided to join the cabal!
Adding to the brain trust of political insiders are (In Alphabetical Order):
Chris Faulkner (http://www.gopgrunt.blogspot.com/),
Josh Gillespie (http://www.joshinabox.blogspot.com/),
and Jacob Perry (http://www.circlecitypundit.blogspot.com/).
For those of you keeping score, we now have 4-1/2 traditional conservative Republicans (the husband & wife team count as 1-1/2 so as to not dilute mix), 2 "Atila the Hun" conservatives, 1 "TR Progressive Republican" (whatever than means, Gonzo?), 1 Libertarian, that leans Republican, and Faulkner (who, in the finest tradition of the GOP Political Operative, will take anybody's cash or certified check.)
We are really looking forward to having these guys around and watching them blast away on whatever they feel like blasting on. Too bad we can't figure out away to get Faulkner's Twitter posts on here ... we'll have to work on that.
McCain-Romney/Clinton-Obama and California ... proportional pledged delegates and reality of perception.
Not that we here on this blog care who wins, but the reality is that nobody's going to win big enough tomorrow that everybody won't have something positive to spin on Wednesday morning. California may be the big prize, but there's Georgia and the Midwest, the "wild" west and let's not forget some other notable states that will be following along a bit later... like Pennsylvania. Needless to say, it will be entertaining to watch FNC's stable of former supermodels and Miss Americas (oh, and the Brown-haired Guy that ain't Steve) on Wednesday. They will have a lot to keep up with as the camps and candidates flack their way through the infomercials that are cable news morning shows (after they finish shilling their own books). You can bet that we'll have three or four TVs on to monitor the madness and look for the really good stuff to share with you.
Note to the night-owls:
We may be blogging live from Faulkner Strategies' little shin-dig at the Claddaugh on South Meridian Street in downtown Indianapolis tomorrow night. Look for reports at least until our intrepid reporters and insider flacks out there have had a couple of drinks. After that, all bets are off.