Join Marshall Merrifield for San Diego City Council, District 1

(Wed Oct 17th, 2007, by Gia Deonne)

Join Marshall Merrifield to put the city's fiscal house in order, so that we can feel secure about San Diego's financial strength and focus again on its bright future. We have all witnessed the financial meltdown at City Hall. Our city's challenges -...

An Extraordinary Accomplishment

(Wed Oct 17th, 2007, by Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes)

America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control Thy liberty in law! --Katherine Lee Bates, 1893 The United States of America is an extraordinary accomplishment. It is the richest, most powerful nation that has ever exi...

Why is George Bush Alienating America Russia China India Muslims et al

(Wed Oct 17th, 2007, by Karen Fish)

One of George Bush's favorite sayings is that the United States in Iraq is but one member of "the coalition of the willing". It turns out that George Bush is paying 30 nations hundreds of millions of dollars each to send three non combat soldiers eac...

Political Research - Praying for Rain on Election Day

(Wed Oct 10th, 2007, by Scott Perreault)

Running for office at any level requires a myriad of skills. Resourcing, outsourcing, researching, fund raising, run-blocking, bullet dodging, story spinning...and, er, maintaining brevity of message. Over the past twenty years as a political and med...

Using Radio to Win an Election

(Wed Oct 10th, 2007, by Scott Perreault)

At the age of nineteen I was fortunate enough to spend my summer working for the number one radio station in its market. When I started the station was only four years old and had just achieved top ratings. Having no experience, I was both thrilled a...

Must Radio Stations Sell Political Rates to Local Candidates?

(Wed Oct 10th, 2007, by Scott Perreault)

With political dollars scarce in most campaigns, especially local races, cost savings is important. The most common question I have been asked over the past twenty years of working on political advertising is: "Must a radio station sell the Political...

Are All Votes Equally Important? The Art of Political Triage.

(Wed Oct 10th, 2007, by Scott Perreault)

As a media consultant and advisor during a major political campaign I am often asked to field inquiries from supporters of the candidate. Many have words of encouragement, some have constructive criticism and some have serious emotional issues requir...

2008 Elections and Radio Advertising

(Wed Oct 10th, 2007, by Scott Perreault)

With the 2008 campaigns underway, the question to ask is: "How do we get our message to the voters in the most cost effective way?" Two key parts to winning an election are Name Recognition and Voter Connection. Having worked with all level of campai...

World Peace: The Misconception And The Truth

(Wed Oct 10th, 2007, by Brian Ankner)

There is so much misconception surrounding the idea of establishing World Peace that many people have assumed and accepted without any fact or proof that any kind of World Peace is impossible to achieve. It is not written in the bible, ancient script...

Fencing off America, The Politics of Fear

(Wed Oct 10th, 2007, by Mac McMann)

I like to imagine when historians look back at our society, what one thing will they find, that will be hard to believe. Not like 9/11, but what social or political event that reflects current social thought, will lead them to say 'what the hell were...