[EL] American elect

[David A. Holtzman]

I just noticed, and it's worth noting, Darry Sragow is an "Adviser to 
Americans Elect," so I presume he's working for AE in a paid capacity.  
He's not just a "[p]olitical science professor."  He has consulted for 
many campaigns before.  Hence, the tough, campaign-style, hard-hitting, 
personal attack/challenging response to Rick Hasen.

Sragow has extensive campaign work experience for Democrats.

He and Dan Schnur, a former Republican campaign consultant -- who 
recently led the Fair Political Practices Commission in CA, and is 
currently at USC's Unruh Institute -- have appeared together at civic 
events (including for the League of Women Voters), providing informative 
and engaging takes on politics, as a sort of traveling "Mutt and Jeff" show.

(Schnur demonstrated cross-partisanship for a while by being in a 
relationship with a Democrat who's a friend of mine.)

Could it be that former partisans Sragow and Schnur have found 
employment in the center (academia & AE; academia) because "that's where 
the money is?"

I have to admit, I would take a job with either of them in a heartbeat.

   - dah



On 11/12/2011 11:46 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
>
>
>     Does Americans Elect Have a Point-by-Point Rebuttal to Offer to My
>     Oped? <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25356>
>
> Posted on November 12, 2011 12:45 pm 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25356> by Rick Hasen 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Yesterday I noted <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=25347> that this 
> letter to the editor 
> <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/68156.html> from Americans 
> Elect in response to my Politico oped 
> <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/67965.html> did not respond 
> to my three main points about the problem with the group: "(1) the 
> group has offered no reason to fail to disclose its donors; (2) its 
> internet election plans are troubling because they are insecure; and 
> (3) the group's by-laws and draft rules allow the Board to overrule 
> voters who participate in choosing a candidate."
>
> Richard Winger, in this post, reported 
> <http://www.ballot-access.org/2011/11/11/two-california-professors-take-differing-views-of-americans-elect/> 
> the following: "Political science professor Darry A. Sragow, also a 
> California Democrat, has written this 
> <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1111/68156.html> response to the 
> Politico editor, disputing Hasen's points. However, he does not 
> attempt a detailed rebuttal, because Politico wouldn't let him post 
> his own full op-ed, and limited him to a short letter."
>
> When I saw this, I wrote to Richard and offered Americans Elect up to 
> 2,000 words on my blog to include a detailed rebuttal.  (My own oped 
> was about 1,000 words.)  Richard has communicated this to Americans 
> Elect.  We shall see if Americans Elect chooses to offer a detailed 
> rebuttal on this site, on its own site, or anywhere else.
>
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