DN!: Front-Loading the Primary Calendar and Campaign Spending//How to Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 14:54:12 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST January 8, 2008 = = = = = = = = = Immediate opening for TV Graphic Designer Democracy Now!, a New York City based daily independent TV/Radio/Internet news hour, seeks part-time live TV graphic designer. High level of skill in Photoshop and ability to handle the pressure of live broadcast required. This position is available immediately for 1-3 morning shifts (typically 6:45am - 9am) per week. Please email a resume and cover letter to job@democracynow.org with ³Graphics² as subject. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * How Do Front-Loading the Primary Calendar and Record Campaign Spending Affect the 2008 Race? * As candidates make their last-minute push in New Hampshire in the first primary of the 2008 election, we take a look at the ³front-loading² of the primary calendar with the New Hampshire and Iowa contests only five days apart and campaign financing‹a staggering $400 million spent by the candidates so far. Where¹s the money coming from? We speak with Rob Richie of FairVote and Sheila Krumholz of the Center for Responsive Politics. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/8/how_do_front_loading_the * How to Rig an Election: Convicted Former GOP Operative Details 2002 New Hampshire Phone Jamming Scheme * We speak with former Republican operative Allen Raymond, who served time in federal prison for jamming phone lines of the New Hampshire Democratic Party in 2002 to block a Democratic get-out-the-vote campaign. Raymond has come out with a tell-all book called How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative. In addition to the phone-jamming scheme, Raymond details other Republican tactics such as the use of scripted, phony automated phone messages to try to play on white voters¹ racial prejudices in a 2000 New Jersey congressional race. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/8/how_to_rig_an_election * Student Volunteers For McCain, Paul Campaigns Voice Support For Candidates * In New Hampshire, voters have begun casting their ballots in the country¹s first primary of the 2008 election. State election officials have predicted a record turnout of more than 500,000 voters. Student volunteers have flooded the state to campaign for their candidates. We speak two students from St. Olaf College who are campaigning for John McCain and Ron Paul. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/8/student_volunteers_for_mccain * Headlines for January 8, 2008 * New Hampshire Voters Head To Polls Sen. Clinton: ³This Is Very Personal For Me. It¹s Not Just Political² Obama Set To Win Major Nevada Union Endorsement Iran Accused of Harassing U.S. Warships PPP Party Calls For UN Inquiry Into Bhutto Assassination Supreme Court To Decide Legality of Lethal Injection New Jersey Officially Apologizes For Slavery Baltimore Sues Wells Fargo For Predatory Lending FDA To Approve Sale of Meat & Milk From Cloned Animals Stephen Colbert: ³There¹s Nothing In The PromptersŠWhat the Hell¹s Going On² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/8/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, January 8, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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