HSP Direct one of the new direct mail firms for the CRNC has connections to RDI as documented at the CRNC Chatter site. Well things get even worse when you look at HSP Direct’s website:

The Ideal HSP Direct Client:

Your chances for direct mail success increase dramatically if you are an organization that:

* Is passionate about your issue or candidate.
* Already has solid programs in place and needs funding to keep them going.
* Has access to recognizable politicians, celebrities or well-known national figures for signing fund raising letters.
* Has the patience and commitment to build a program.
* Understands that creative license is a MUST in order to give us the freedom we need to create emotional, compelling fund raising appeals that will spur the reader to immediate action.

“Creative license”… “emotional, compelling”… you connect the dots.

One thing few have hit on for this race is that leadership is essential beyond just the chairman. There must be an understanding that these people are not serving the Chairman but are serving the CRs and they must be fully engaged in the neccesary reform. Independence and willingness to question the Chair from time to time is a healthy part of an organization. I would urge all of the Chair candidates to pick tickets based on who is BEST for the job not who is politically BEST. The CRNC has suffered long enough from political patronage.

Man sells tool to block TVs from recieving Fox News…. Gee I always thought such a thing was called a remote control.

Another blog on the block, can’t tell what its angle is going to be, its trying to be funny but we’ll see. Here.