Had nice talks with Steve Elzinga, a staffer for Sen. Ferrioli, and Scott Jorgensen, Rep. McLane. They understood what I was talking about, and were supportive. Steve’s a former ALEC staffer, and gave me three additional talk shows to target, in addition to the all-powerful Lars Larson. I followed up with an email.
As I brainstormed how I was going to get on these shows, I realized it wasn’t going to be easy. On my show in Alaska, people would just call me up, and if they sounded interesting I’d book them. Not going to work with Larson and people like him.
I’m going to call them back tomorrow, and request that they talk to their bosses and acquaint them with what I’m doing. If they like it (and they should; I’m trying to help get them in the majority) I’m going to ask them to get through to Larson and the others and see if he’ll book me. Otherwise I’m going to have to get creative in order to get an appearance.
Called staffers in Washington House and Minnesota House and Senate. Did not get through, but sent emails explaining what I’m up to. I’ll call again tomorrow, and call the Kentucky House and Maine House and Senate as well. Based on today’s experience in Oregon, if I can make my pitch over the phone it goes over well. And, at the moment, the most realistic chance I’ve got at getting on the shows I want to get on is through an introduction by House and/or Senate Minority leaders.
Did learn that the 2010 election did produce a tie in the Oregon House, so Oregon is by no means out of reach. We only need two senators, and they think they’re going to get one of them. Since the big wave of 2010 was based on just the passage of Obamacare, and 2014 will be based on its catastrophic implementation, next year’s wave should be quite a bit bigger. Oregon and the other four are within our grasp.
If we can capture the legislatures of blue states like OR,WA, MN, and ME, the path to 38 and ratification is open. The blue firewall is down to CA, IL, NJ, NY, VT, CT, RI, MD, MA, and DE. That’s ten, not the thirteen they need. And Delaware isn’t actually that far fetched for us.
If this wave of 2014 is big enough, we could do some historic stuff.
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