Shanker touts number of donors
By Wally EdgeThis afternoon, CD1 Democratic candidate Howard Shanker, issued a release touting 250 individual donors had contributed to his campaign during the first three months of 2008. The campaign was mum on the most important part, $$$ raised. The release also touted Shanker’s coast-to-coast attention with contributions from California to Connecticut.
Last night we reported Ann Kirkpatrick had raised $240k in the 1st quarter of 2008 and this morning Inside Edge reported Jeff Riley’s campaign had brought in $225k, which included a $200k loan from the candidate.
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I noticed the same thing, a group calling its self Conservationists for Kirkpatrick is making it look like a renewable revolution in Arizona is her idea when Howard has been talking about such a change for months. It is only more proof that Kirkpatrick is a hand picked candidate from DC. Let AZ CD1 chose its own candidate!
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Using solar and wind power
Using solar and wind power in areas covered by CD1 has been around for years. It certainly did not begin with Howard. He certainly has no corner on this markey and he certainly is not the first person to run for office to think about this. In fact, I do not know of any democratic candidate who does not support the deve,opment of wind and solar power. Ann sponsored legislation with Lucy Mason to provide solar credits several years ago because they knew the importance of solar power to our district. What legislation has Howard sponsored? Plagiarism? Give me a break here. It is a shame when democrats attack each other. It is especially shameful when the attacks have no factual basis.
Learning some candidates just don't have original ideas
I've attended a lot of candidate picnics/forums/other events and have gotten to hear all the CD1 candidates speak multiple times. I've also heard candidates for state office speak on a lot of the same issues. But what I hadn't heard until recently was one candidate completely plagiarize another candidate. Sandra Kennedy, who's not running for the same office as Howard Shanker, lifted whole pieces of Shanker's platform, regarding renewable energy sources, when she spoke at the Pinal County Democratic picnic on Saturday.
What's funny is, I heard Kirkpatrick plagiarize the same part of Shanker's stump speech. It's the part when he says that CD1 could become a net exporter of energy through developing solar and wind power here, which the guy has been saying over and over since he started campaigning last summer. Kirkpatrick repeated all of that verbatim in Sedona a couple weeks ago! Can't these candidates come up their own stuff? I just think it's insulting that these people think the audience won't notice when they completely lift stuff that another candidate has said a million times.
look at past fec reports
Shanker has had consistently LESS numbers of supporters than most of the others, especially Kirkpatrick. I haven't picked someone to support yet, but I just think it is a double standard since Kirkpatrick has many more supporters and thus, stronger "grassroots" support.
Doesn't grassroots mean anything?
The Shanker campaign is emphasizing something different from, er, every other slick politician I know. Surely total number of dollars isn't the most important thing in determining a strong candidate? If so that's just sad-- what has this country come to? Obviously people across AZ and across the country think Shanker is a strong candidate, so even if he doesn't raise the most money, he's saying he's got a grassroots network. Last I checked, that showed real strength, instead of just showing he has rich friends.
why is that good?
I don't get why it is a good thing that he has a lot of out of state donors? one of the worst things in this district seems to be being tagged as a carpetbagger. also, is it risky that he bragged about having 250 individual donors? what if kirkpatrick or titla have more? i feel like he didnt like being left out of the press so he put this release together. any input from the edge-man?
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