Dasbach’s interpretation is astonishing. The Policy Manual provided a blanket ban on ‘support’ with absolutely no qualification as to whether the support consisted of material goods or intangible services, whether it was donated or paid for, or whether or not it was reciprocated by the campaign. The claim that ‘support’ ceases to be ‘support’ if the supporter calls himself a…
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We now reach substantive content. We quote from the report: Members and donors vote with their wallets. Either those wallets are open or closed to support appeals from the organization. These wallet votes have spoken loudly for the past few years, and it has not been a ringing endorsement. Only a change in the board’s collective vision and behavior can…
Chapters are from my book Funding Liberty, available from Third Millennium 3mpub.com. (A few days ago, their money handler indicated that they are closing, so they are in the middle of switching to a new contractor. Momentarily, email me phillies@4liberty.com if you want a copy of the PDF of the entire volume.) Ahmad further noted that there was a…
Here the report complains that LNC Chairs have set the vision for the national party: Yet, tumultuous shifts in leadership perspectives are not the only factors impacting how the organization may have gotten to this point. Some of the current reputation and financial standing could be based on the historical pattern of how the organization’s vision has been established. In…
I continue to reprint segments of my book Funding Liberty, available at https://3mpub.com/phillies/Politics.html. After all, if the LNC actually revives sections of the 1994-2004 political era, for example Project Archimedes, it is worthwhile to consider how that turned out last time. The last paragraph of today’s entry may sound particularly familiar to those aware of the current day situations: Funding…
As readers will be aware, the full Strategists, Inc. report to the LNC appears at https://theseditionpapers.substack.com/p/full-lnc-report-from-strategists Mike Shaner went to the work of getting the report up on his substack site. We will respect his work by referring you to there rather than posting it in full here, at least before the LNC has met on it. We will, however,…
We finish Chapter One. It Gets Worse. There are reasons to suppose that in late 1995 the Browne campaign was in a state of fiscal exigency, for good reason. Some readers will recall that Browne’s 1995 campaign strategy was pointed at the New Hampshire primary. As 1996 approached, Browne suddenly cancelled his New Hampshire plans. Browne kept the money he…
Yes, the LNC has done a strategic plan. We recovered it, with a tip of the hat to DehnBase, so you can read it. Some parts dated a bit. Some parts are still good. Other parts…well, the report was produced by a huge committee.
Greetings All, I am giving notice for the following Policy Manual amendments (9 in total, please see the attached PDF). Please note they have gone through extensive revisions, which is why they have the full endorsement of the LNC Chair, ExD, EPCC, SIC and Debbie Mason. These are all pretty straight forward, but if anyone has any questions or concerns…
Mike Shaner has posted the full Strategists report to the LNC. You can read it at https://theseditionpapers.substack.com/p/full-lnc-report-from-strategists Please reward him for his diligence in distributing the document by going there to read it. Of immediate interest are quotes “the model in which the chair functioned as both board leader and de facto CEO” and “If the current board can choose…