2nd District (OH) Primary Prattle (061305 #1)

What a day:

A sort-of hit record, but who are all these clicksters?

Except for an Instalanche about 2 months ago (for non-bloggers, that’s a huge amount of hits courtesy of blog king Instapundit.com), and possibly one day of traffic from Michelle Malkin, this has been BizzyBlog’s busiest traffic day (thanks for the interest).

What is very odd is that as the election has drawn nearer the percentage of clickthroughs I can’t identify (called “no referrer” links by my counter) along with those coming in from e-mail addresses and search engines, has increased to the point where they are now about two-thirds of all uniques. While it’s neat to have secret admirers, BizzyBlog would be curious to know which people from which campaigns have been clicking in, and why. E-mail me to reveal yourself (hey, it’s the last day of the primary campaign).

A mystery that needs to be “Doug” into

Who is Doug, and why does Weapons of Mass Discussion (one of the best blog names ever) want his opinion of the “more” section of this BizzyBlog post? Memo to Doug–Everything before the “more” section of the post is much more interesting.

One More Screwy Disclosure Form and I Won’t be Responsible for What Happens

I’m not even in the mood to try to explain this, so I’ll just point you to it and y’all can figure it out for me:
- The FEC received the document on May 16.
- Bob McEwen signed it on what looks to be April 29 (McEwen appears to have graduated from the BizzyBlog School of [lousy] Penmanship).
- The election is (duh) on June 14, 29 days after the FEC received the document.
- House Ethics Rules that dictate requirements and deadlines for personal financial disclosure say (bold is mine):

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES: A congressional candidate must file within 30 days of raising or spending $5,000 for a campaign for election to the U.S. House of Representatives, or on or before May 15 of the calendar year in which he or she becomes a candidate, whichever is later. However, there are certain exceptions to this general rule. A qualifying candidate must file no later than 30 days before an election in which the individual is participating. If he or she does not exceed the $5,000 threshold until sometime within that 30-day period, the candidate should file the Financial Disclosure Statement immediately after he or she raises or spends more than $5,000. If a campaign never exceeds the $5,000 threshold, the candidate need not file a Financial Disclosure Statement. In each subsequent year in which an individual continues to be a candidate on May 15, a new report must be filed by that date.

Delegation is a good thing, so I’m dumping this on delegating this to you, dear readers. What’s your conclusion? E-mail me.

None of this changes my belief that from an ethical standpoint the candidate owed the voters full financial disclouse weeks ago.

Shameless shilling for free food and drink the opportunity to live-blog an election night gathering

BizzyBlog will entertain invitations to live-blog at the campaign headquarters of any long-time resident GOP candidate (ahem) who will have me (am I presumptuous or what?). My only requirements are high-speed Internet access (preferably wireless), and the patience to put up with a boring, geeky, Mac-loving CPA. Plentiful food and beverages would not be rejected (out of politeness, of course). E-mail me if you’re up for the risk. And no laughing at my car.