Former Republican state representative Cam Cavasso is back, making another run for U.S. Senate against Dan Inouye. He hasn’t taken out nomination papers yet, according to the latest list of candidates, but he has an active campaign site and is advertising on Craigslist for “summer interns”.
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Cavasso ran against Inouye in 2004, and was outpolled by Inouye 72%-20%.
According to Cavasso’s latest report to the Federal Election Commission, Cavasso took in $15,478 in contributions during the first three months of the year to launch his campaign. Of that amount, he spent $10,920 and was left with $5,028 in the bank. But his campaign committee reports outstanding debts of $45,145, apparently dating back to his 2004 campaign.
Cavasso describes himself as a financial advisor with Mass Mutual Financial Group, but I see that he’s also an instructor at something called Pacific Christian University, where, according to its web site, students can take classes like “Angelology”, “Study of Hell”, and “Submission and Authority.”
Cavasso’s Craigslist ad is interesting, as it demonstrates the importance position of social media in campaigning today.
The Office, of Cam Cavasso for US Senate is currently accepting applications from students desiring temporary full-time and part-time internship, this summer. The initial period begins May 1 and may extend up to October 1 depending on the students availability. The SIP requires that the applicant be a student currently enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a 2-year or 4-year college or university, graduate or professional school and must be at least 17 years of age at the time of internship and must be available to work 4 – 6 hours, Monday – Saturday. The following positions are:
Social Media Aid
Communication/Media AidReport to: Shawnette Osborne
Job Duties include but are not limited to the following:
• Upload Photos, videos, etc. to Facebook, YouTube, Flickr
• Monitor Twitter for mentions of Cavasso, Inouye; other Hawaii political issues if time allows, then the national political scene
• Add new friends on Facebook (search for Friends of Charlie Djou, et al)
• Follow relevant Twitter feeds from Hawaii GOP, Djou, Akino, et al
• Send DM or Facebook Messages thanking people for becoming Cam’s Friend on Facebook, asking them to join and suggest that their friends join the Facebook Group
• Monitor Facebook and Twitter feeds to flag communications that need tailored responses.
• Monitor local media for stories to suggest as tweets or for sharing on Facebook, forward suggestion to staff.
• Leave comments on relevant articles, blog posts, etc., mentioning candidate, website, as appropriate.
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In a state that has never removed an incumbent from Congress, and going up against Sen. Dan Inouye, the second longest serving incumbent in office, you’d think that Mr. Cavasso’s website might give some indication to his position on term limits. Repeated requests for clarification have gone unanswered. Can anyone help with this question, or should we assume that Cam Cavasso is against term limits?
Andy Woerner
Candidate for U.S. Senate-Hawaii
Bonded Term Limits Pledge participant
Interesting. I guess it shows that when you’re an underdog the perception is that good social media management can be a force multiplier, might even be true in some cases.
Term limits? A State’s power and influence in Congress is directly related, especially in the Senate, to the seniority and political skills of its elected representatives. Moreover, in legislative bodies term limits can result in the loss of institutional memory of issues and procedure which in turn can lead to some pretty frightening snafus. On top of all that term-limiting legislators leads to dodgy, just-wait-till-they-term-out political strategy.
This might be a ploy to raise $45K and retire his debt. Or another indication that extreme christians are on the move….
In light of the drama concerning former Idaho U.S. Senator Larry Craig, Cavasso’s solicitation for “summer interns” on Craigslist seems somewhat unorthodox to me.
So, he has a connection with Pacific Christian… What’s the big deal about that?? In this article you single out three specific courses which are taught at the University in an attempt to paint Cavasso as a Christian weirdo. Yet ALL Universities have courses which different groups of people will find weird, extreme, or flat out ridiculous. As a former student of Brown University, an Ivy League institution, I can fully attest that we had courses which dealt with the supernatural – from Christian and non-Christian perspectives, as well as other courses which were totally outlandish. Harvard, Yale, Stanford… same thing. Would you discredit Cavasso as a radical Christian if he had connections to Brown just because of some of the courses they offer? You don’t even say what course he is teaching! How do we know he’s not teaching “Character of a Leader” (another class offered at PCU)? Quite frankly, this is one of the most misleading and dishonest pieces of rhetorical reporting I can recall in recent memory. If you actually look at the course listing on their website, you can see that a majority of the courses offered by Pacific Christian are centered around building leadership skills. Please, if you’re going to be this helplessly biased, do everyone a favor and just say so at the start of the article.
@sotired: “extreme christians”?? Seriously??