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Tue Jul 21, 2009 at 14:02:35 PM EDT
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City Hall News posted a lengthy profile of Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, (NY-14), who is committed to challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a primary next year, yesterday.
Her use of the "n" word in a Gillibrand-trashing anecdote garnered some attention, but more interesting was a discussion of the May push poll done for Maloney by Doug Schoen, Mark Penn's longtime partner in mischief.
This poll stunk when it was first released, now we learn it was not released in its entirety, a possible violation of state law.
What Maloney and Trippi needed to keep secret, below.
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Sat Jul 18, 2009 at 17:40:00 PM EDT
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Joe Trippi, who has been working secretly for Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) in her primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for more than a month, posted an odd "apology" for his deception (which occurred at Daily Kos, Huffington Post and with several reporters) on his website yesterday.
First of all, the only reason Trippi "apologized" was that he got caught by PolitickerNY reporter Jason Horowitz, who looked up Maloney's second quarter FEC filing and found a $10,500 check to Trippi dated June 5.
Trippi's diaries at DKos and HuffPo were on June 24, and he essentially stated (in response to questions in the comments) that he was not working for Maloney on that date.
Trippi's "apology" does not mention his recent embarrassment, or indeed Maloney at all.
More on why Trippi's "apology" is self-serving crap, below.
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Thu Jul 16, 2009 at 16:53:55 PM EDT
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It's no secret among the netroots that Joe Trippi has been spinning for Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney recently in her (still unannounced) primary bid against Senator Gillibrand. However, the website Politicker NY has looked at the FEC reports and determined that Trippi has in fact been astro-turfing for Maloney nearly a month longer than they had previously admitted.
Back on June 24, Democratic consultant Joe Trippi blogged on the Huffington Post about how polls showed Representative Carolyn Maloney would make a much better, and more viable, candidate for U.S. Senator than Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and said that he hoped she "does decide to enter the race."
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According to Maloney's campaign filing, Trippi was already on her payroll. Records show that Maloney had cut Trippi's firm, Joe Trippi & Associates, a check for $10,500 on June 5.
The whole article is very short, and deserves a read. It's disappointing to find out that Trippi has so low an opinion of the party base that he assumes either this sort of thing won't come out, or that he (and by association, his employer) won't suffer because of it. Astroturfing is an unavoidable peril of the netroots, but to have such a high profile individual engaging in and encouraging it is both disrespectful and unacceptable.
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Wed Jul 30, 2008 at 16:33:12 PM EDT
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This is interesting. NY-21 hopeful Darius Shahinfar has hired former Howard Dean camapaign manager Joe Trippi's firm to work on his campaign. I got to see "the Trippi boys" (as everyone called them) up close in 2006 when they went to work for John Hall. To be brief, they're good.
Joe Trippi Joins Shahinfar Team
Today, Democrat Darius Shahinfar's campaign for Congress in New York's 21st announced the addition of Joe Trippi & Associates as its media and internet communications team. Joe Trippi is most known for his work not only in producing winning television advertisements, but for his pioneering ideas in utilizing the internet for political campaigns, most notably Howard Dean in 2004.
"Our campaign continues to build momentum and with Joe Trippi and his innovative strategies now fully engaged with our current team, we get that much closer to winning the Democratic nomination, winning this congressional seat and bringing about change in Washington," said Darius Shahinfar.
In addition to Trippi, another member of his firm, Daren Berringer will be serving as the campaign's general consultant. Most recently in New York politics, Trippi and Berringer worked in the same role in 2006 for the come from behind campaign of now Congressman John Hall in the 19th district located in the lower Hudson Valley.
"Darius is a perfect fit for our firm. He has the energy to run an aggressive campaign, he is right on with his policies and completely understands what it will take to bring about the change his constituents deserve," said Trippi. "We're glad to be joining up with his team to win this race."
Very interesting.
On the web: Darius Shahinfar for Congress.
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