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Posts Tagged ‘Iowa’

On the Road: I-4 Corridor, Florida

By Denis Campbell • Nov 3rd, 2008 • Category: Politics Too
 

by Sean Quinn, correspondent for fivethirtyeight.com.
“I slept and woke to the crazy exultant sounds of music and Dean and Marylou talking and the great green land rolling by. ‘Where are we?’ ‘Just passed the tip of Florida, man. Florida!”  
– Jack Kerouac, “On the Road” 
In Florida, the vote needs to be protected. Barack Obama supporter [...]



Election Talking Points

By Denis Campbell • Oct 14th, 2008 • Category: Media
 
by Denis Campbell
I regularly provide the UK MSM with US election talking points and many get picked up. This weekend and today saw a huge string to share with readers here. The impact of what we have been saying all along about Obama’s devastating ground game, polling samples of ‘likely voters’ excluding anyone younger than [...]



Obama Dominating the ‘Cool Stuff’ Race

By Denis Campbell • Jul 21st, 2008 • Category: Features
Forget global tours and best global warming policy. The real race this fall is the ‘chatzky’ race – which candidate has and sells the best ‘stuff’ on their website. In that key race Team Obama has a 5:1 merchandising lead. His well organised field staff knows how to blanket and flog every area to raise [...]



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 [...]