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August 30, 2005
Rosalind Kurita's Message Hits in DC
I was recently tipped to a good new blog out of the nation's capital (from the Center for Public Integrity's Leah Rush). The blog is "Under the Influence" by Leah's fellow Center employee Bill Allison, who bills it as "[a] real-time investigative project on political interests in Washington." It's non-partisan, and the only ideology present seems to be the desire for the public to know what groups are buying what influence in the White House and on Capitol Hill.
Even better, Bill Allison picked up on Bill Hobbs' recounting of yesterday's "blogger lunch" with U.S. Senate candidate Rosalind Kurita, particularly on Kurita's slate of ethics reforms she would introduce in Washington should she be elected our next Senator. (Allison also commends Hobbs for initiating the Nashville political bloggers' lunches -- to which I add complementary applause for co-conspirator Sharon Cobb -- and to which I also add this announcement of my plan to start up something very similar right here in the Scenic City.)
While I don't think she has a very realistic chance of winning that election, it is remarkable (to me) that her voice is carrying as far as it is. Who knows? Perhaps this type of notice will garner her some big (and many small) donations, and, just maybe, we'll be looking at a Corker-Kurita matchup in next year's general election. I certainly wouldn't complain about that.
Political News | By joe lance | 11:24 AM