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Posts Tagged ‘Howard Dean’

It Takes Social Networking to Elect a President

By Denis Campbell • Aug 26th, 2008 • Category: Business

Or does it? Barack Obama’s campaign team has mastered the Internet for fund raising. Now they want to use it to get out the vote in 10-weeks’ time? Obama’s ground game has been proven legendary with volunteers going door-to-door street by street to get out the vote. His field operation dwarf’s John McCain’s and can [...]



A Campaign as Business

By Denis Campbell • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Business

The question many undecided voters ask is can Obama lead? They point to his time as community organiser and state legislator as not being ready for national office because the ultimate choice must run a multi-trillion dollar US economy in some trouble.
For 19-months Senator Obama has led a $500 million dollar business in 57-locations, convinced [...]



Good Feeling’s Gone

By Denis Campbell • Aug 7th, 2008 • Category: Features

This line was uttered by Marlin the Daddy clownfish searching for his son in the film ‘Finding Nemo’ when he comes to the realisation that the light in the depths of the ocean he has been dreamily following is the lure of an Anglerfish. Barack Obama must feel the same way when a YouTube video of [...]



She United and It Feels So Good

By Denis Campbell • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Features

Olbermann said it first. More than a bad pun, the Democratic Unity, New Hampshire photo-op happened yesterday. Newshounds desperate for a story angle spoke of backstage tensions between their handlers or jumped briefly on trivial Republican, Grover Norquist’s “he’s Kerry with a tan” racist comment, until they saw who said it. To listen to pundits [...]



Denver, Sioux Falls, Billings, San Juan… Aboooaaarrd!

By Denis Campbell • May 31st, 2008 • Category: Features, Lead Story

The Democrat Primary local heads this weekend to a crucial (yawn) convention by-laws committee meeting that seems certain to have the thrill and impact of a wet firecracker vs. Hillary’s much feared nuclear option of three weeks ago. The Michigan and Florida delegations will be seated but with a 50% penalty and the delegates split [...]



I’ll Go Away, No… Wait A Minute

By Denis Campbell • May 28th, 2008 • Category: Features

I felt today a cross between Bobby, the unmarried suffering star of the 70’s hit musical Company and country singer Lorrie Morgan, who sang the 1998 country music hit ‘Go Away.’ The “I’m conceding, no I’m not” antics of the Clinton campaign today have been tragic to follow. Bobby struggled though George Furth’s 11 scatological, 1-act plays set [...]



Nuclear Options Have Unpredictable Fallout

By Denis Campbell • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Features

We wrote about the so-called “nuclear option,” Senator Hillary Clinton is hoping to invoke during the 31 May Convention Rules and By-Law committee meeting. Simply, she wants to use her 13-supporting delegates to push through the seating of the entire Florida and Michigan delegations at full strength.
Florida and Michigan did not play by party rules [...]



Hillary’s Nuclear Option

By Denis Campbell • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story

No we’re not talking about her threat to wipe Iran off the face of the earth if they attack Israel. This nuclear option is her plan for winning the nomination at the convention in Denver.
Simply, the plan under wraps and labelled “secret” at Hillary HQ is a page out of former advisor to her husband’s [...]



Please Make it Stop!

By Denis Campbell • May 5th, 2008 • Category: Features

Citizens of Indiana and North Carolina, please help stop the madness”. Only you can give us our lives back and stop the death spiral of the Democratic Party. You’ve had your 15-minutes, please find a way to stop the insanity. Until tomorrow, or June, or September we feel obligated to present “He Said, She Said” the [...]