Archive for January, 2008
BARACK OBAMA & THE LATINO VOTE
So just how racist is America? Well, many (including more than a few in the news business) believe it is still very racist, certainly racist enough not to elect an African-American President of the United States.
The results in Iowa did a lot to change that view. White Democrats and Independents in an overwhelmingly white state [...]
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MITT AND THE TRAVELING PRESS
The former Governor of Massachusetts appears on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” this evening. During the program he is asked about yesterday’s “run-in” with the Associated Press reporter who has been covering his campaign. An exchange that was largely reported as a moment when Romney “lost his temper”.
The candidate was gracious about the [...]
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ARNOLD, FABIAN, DON & PROP 93
For the Governor of California Proposition 93 was a gift. Here was a rare opportunity for him to provide a favor for the two men who can stand in the way of any one of his administrative priorities. He could help them out and then later cash in the “chit”. Such a bargain could provide [...]
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ARNOLD TRIES A THIRD TIME..
He tried it once with the legislature and failed. He went to voters with the idea and again failed. Now Arnold Schwarzenegger will make another effort at changing the way the nation’s largest state spends money.
The Governor of California appeared to make a compelling case for reforming the state’s budget system during last night’s State-of-the-State [...]
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Well.. something went wrong. Pre-caucus polls in Iowa ended up being accurate but it was a different story in New Hampshire.. at least on the Democratic side. The Republican side ended up almost exactly as most polls indicated but those same polls also gave Barack Obama a decisive lead in NH. In fact some polls [...]
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The lyrics of the Mamas and the Papas famous ballad fits one particular campaign now trying to find its way through the snows of New Hampshire.
California has long been Clinton country. The Clinton’s mined millions of dollars in campaign contributions in Hollywood and were 4-0 here in primary and general elections. And it appears that [...]
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DID RORY GILMORE PREDICT IOWA?
One of the winners Thursday in Iowa was the Des Moines Register. Their poll accurately predicted the outcome and the turnout. But one clue as to what was to happen in the Democratic race may have come months earlier.. thanks to the writing team for the CW network’s “Gilmore Girls.”My friend David K. Li of [...]
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Dems to go negative?
One of the more interesting aspects of Iowa was how the Republicans ripped into each other and the Democrats barely mentioned one another. In fact there was no bare-knuckle combat on the D side.. the skirmishes often involved subtle references to each other. Meanwhile some of the GOP candidates.. lead by Mitt Romney went on [...]
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Lets see. This was a big vote for President. Major ramifications. Lots of attention from candidates over the course of a year. TV stations get rich off the commercials and hotels off the media. And the news media marvels at the system.. political junkies love it.
But Iowa’s caucus system is possibly the most unfair and [...]
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OBAMA AND THE HAWKEYE STATE
Thoughts on Iowa..
Barack Obama has connected with plenty of people in a way that Hillary Clinton and John Edwards simply can only envy. Obama’s rallies have been larger, louder and more passionate that the others. It translated on caucus night when the Democratic party of Iowa recorded its largest turnout in history. This was mostly [...]
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