This DNC project, called the "Accountability Project," could be interesting. Essentially, Democrats have created a program that encourages its partisans to attend Republican events and get audio and/or video that they then upload to a central website. Will the Republicans create a similar program? I would be interested to hear if any Democrats in the area a) have heard about this b) plan to participate and/or c) really believe a local Republican would be unwise enough to say something to an audience that might embarrass the party.
Whichever way you lean, of course, it takes a special kind of temperament to attend events where the opposing party is confidently proclaiming how awesome is its political philosophy (and how abhorrent is your side's political philosophy). In launching the project, Democrats are citing the infamous 2006 moment when Virginia senatorial candidate George Allen used a slur aimed at the Democratic partisan actually holding the video camera hoping for such an incident. It's easy to forget now, but when Allen was in Memphis earlier that year for the 2006 Southern Republican Leadership Conference, he was considered a serious contender for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. That video and his subsequent upset loss to Jim Webb set back his national ambitions considerably.
Whichever way you lean, of course, it takes a special kind of temperament to attend events where the opposing party is confidently proclaiming how awesome is its political philosophy (and how abhorrent is your side's political philosophy). In launching the project, Democrats are citing the infamous 2006 moment when Virginia senatorial candidate George Allen used a slur aimed at the Democratic partisan actually holding the video camera hoping for such an incident. It's easy to forget now, but when Allen was in Memphis earlier that year for the 2006 Southern Republican Leadership Conference, he was considered a serious contender for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. That video and his subsequent upset loss to Jim Webb set back his national ambitions considerably.
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