June 22, 2011 - Pensito

Rick Scott in Perpetual Election Mode

June 22, 2011 Trish

Are there things we don’t want you to know? Yes. There are things we don’t want to broadcast to our opponents.

— Brian J. Burgess, Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s communications director, commenting for a newspaper profile. Burgess did not identify which of the governor’s constituents they consider “opponents,” and does not seem to realize the election is over. Scott, a newcomer to Florida, is widely rumored to be planning a national run.

Another Great Reason to Get Rid of Your TV

June 22, 2011 Trish

$3 billion

Amount projected to be spent on election ads in 2012, with $2.3 billion going for television spots. The figure represents a 9% to 18% jump over 2010.

Quitter Quits Publicity Tour After Media Starts Ignoring Her

June 22, 2011June 22, 2011 Jon Ponder

If you ignore people who are desperate for attention, they will go away. Here’s proof:

Amid diminishing media interest, [the GOP’s most recent losing vice presidential nominee and former governor of Alaska who quit mid-term] has quit her high-profile bus tour halfway through and returned to Alaska with her family, according to RealClearPolitics.

The move puts a damper on widespread speculations that [the former governor’s] “One Nation” bus tour, which launched on Memorial Day, was a potential precursor to a potential White House bid for 2012. [She] never made it to her scheduled stops in the key primary states of Iowa and New Hampshire…

The “One Nation” tour launched with intense media interest, as reporters initially followed [her] and her family on the road, diligently trying to decipher the former half-term Alaska governor and ex-GOP vice presidential nominee’s 2012 intentions. But after being ignored and mislead [sic] and denied interviews or access, reporters’ attention fizzled.

Day: June 22, 2011

Rick Scott in Perpetual Election Mode

Are there things we don’t want you to know? Yes. There are things we don’t want to broadcast to our opponents.

Another Great Reason to Get Rid of Your TV

$3 billion

Amount projected to be spent on election ads in 2012, with $2.3 billion going for television spots. The figure represents a 9% to 18% jump over 2010.

Quitter Quits Publicity Tour After Media Starts Ignoring Her

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”