No-call list, subsidies, truth top campaign issues

by J Scott Christianson, Columbia Daily Tribune Columnist

I have been trying to ignore the fact that the 2008 election season is under way. The election won’t happen until November ’08, but the calls, mailings and surveys from various state and national campaigns have already started to pour in. Of course, all they really want at this point is money. Most have already tested their messages with focus groups and pollsters and don’t really care what issues voters might think they should run on. Nevertheless, I try to be at the ready when…