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5 December, 2008

Posts Tagged ‘Michigan’

They’re All Bloody Swing States!

By Denis Campbell • Sep 9th, 2008 • Category: Features
Tim Russert and his lo-tech dry erase white board will not be with us this election night. Chuck Todd, NBC political director, master of polls and fairly well grounded prognosticator has a cool new toy from MSNBC’s partners at Microsoft. It rivals the cool touch screen Anderson Cooper plays with over at CNN.
 
The problem, [...]



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 [...]