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Posts Tagged ‘New Hampshire’

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 [...]



Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats

By Denis Campbell • Oct 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics Too
 
by Denis Campbell
While the Presidential contest gets the most press, the race for control of both houses of the US Congress and state governorships is equally critical to whoever becomes the new President. 60 in the Senate is such an important number because that is the number of votes required to halt/prevent crippling filibusters which [...]



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 [...]