I've posted the first update to my "Bill Sali, even worse than we expected" diary at Daily Kos. The diary, started last weekend, will be an ongoing attempt to track Sali at his fringiest. Think of it as the Idaho blogosphere's gift to 1st District voters. Thanks to MountainGoat and Idablue for this week's contributions.
Update: And as a gift to the eventual ID-01 Democratic nominee, we've also launched a fundraising page at Act Blue. Help hold Bill Sali to one term. Contribute now if you can.
In the Sunday Statesman, Kevin Richert writes about Sali's No votes. Although he doesn't cite you or Mountain Goat, I gotta believe that your postings influenced his stories.
As somebody commented on your Kos diary, it's important for someone to keep track of Sali's votes to reveal his priorities. You and MG are doing important work, and it looks like the MSM might be following along.
Posted by: Alan | May 06, 2007 at 08:16 AM
And for those interested in reading Kevin's column online (and trust me, you do), here is the link:
http://www.idahostatesman.com/106/story/82542.html
Posted by: Irwin Horowitz | May 06, 2007 at 09:12 AM
Thanks, Alan. I had the same feeling, and since I know Kevin reads the blogs ...
It's an important column, and since more people will see it than see our blogs, good on him.
Collecting the info is the first part of our work. The second part will be getting it in front of the 98% of Idaho voters who don't read blogs.
Posted by: Julie in Boise | May 06, 2007 at 12:57 PM
Addendum: At this point, I doubt if more than 10 percent of Idaho voters read the daily paper, either.
What we'll really need next year are some radio and TV ads and direct mail featuring these votes. It's not too early to start donating to the Act Blue account for the ID-01 Dem nominee:
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/16521
Posted by: Julie in Boise | May 06, 2007 at 01:01 PM