the mysterious jennings
this morning, i made a conference call to my boss that i assumed would be about contact numbers and volunteers.
she quickly turned the conversation, however, to christine jennings, a democrat currently running for congress here in the sarasota-bradenton area.
by way of background, my boss has been doing research on jennings' stances on issues like housing foreclosures, health care and energy policy to make some lit comparing her policies and those of the republican incumbent, vern buchanan. she asked whether i could help her find info locally on jennings' public statements because online, she'd found--- well, nothing. nothing that doesn't come from jennings' own website, anyway.
there's plenty of media on jennings' condemnation of buchanan's past electoral policies, and even more on the mudslinging currently happening around jennings' campaign finance booboos. aside from that, however, there don't seem to be any public or taped speeches, conferences or statements made by jennings on housing or finance issues in media outlets like newspapers. for a candidate that talks to creative loafing about her openness and transparency, she's got relatively little in the way of declared policy. she doesn't have a list of past, current or future appearances on her website, either, and i can't find one online. even her profile in the guide published by the league of women voters has no direct quotes or specific details on her plans to "bring real change and an honest voice to Washington."
does anyone work for her campaign and know where or what she's been up to recently? is there a reason all the clubs she's been affiliated with link their endorsements back to her site?
she quickly turned the conversation, however, to christine jennings, a democrat currently running for congress here in the sarasota-bradenton area.
by way of background, my boss has been doing research on jennings' stances on issues like housing foreclosures, health care and energy policy to make some lit comparing her policies and those of the republican incumbent, vern buchanan. she asked whether i could help her find info locally on jennings' public statements because online, she'd found--- well, nothing. nothing that doesn't come from jennings' own website, anyway.
there's plenty of media on jennings' condemnation of buchanan's past electoral policies, and even more on the mudslinging currently happening around jennings' campaign finance booboos. aside from that, however, there don't seem to be any public or taped speeches, conferences or statements made by jennings on housing or finance issues in media outlets like newspapers. for a candidate that talks to creative loafing about her openness and transparency, she's got relatively little in the way of declared policy. she doesn't have a list of past, current or future appearances on her website, either, and i can't find one online. even her profile in the guide published by the league of women voters has no direct quotes or specific details on her plans to "bring real change and an honest voice to Washington."
does anyone work for her campaign and know where or what she's been up to recently? is there a reason all the clubs she's been affiliated with link their endorsements back to her site?