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10 January, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘New Mexico’

Did John McCain Lose Arizona?

By Denis Campbell • Dec 23rd, 2008 • Category: Business
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(Reprise of 18 November Article) While Maricopa County (Phoenix) Judge Edward O. Burke agreed with the state’s Libertarian Party that county elections director, Karen Osborne, did not follow election law, ensure ballot integrity and provide an unbroken custody chain, he ruled against them saying, “in a county the size the size of Maricopa, perfect [...]


Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats

By Denis Campbell • Oct 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics Too
 
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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 [...]


Election Talking Points

By Denis Campbell • Oct 14th, 2008 • Category: Media
 
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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 [...]


300-Plus Electoral Votes is Possible for Obama

By Denis Campbell • Oct 4th, 2008 • Category: Features
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My EU media colleagues have a hard time understanding that daily national tracking polls mean little. On November 4th, voters will enter and cast ballots in 50-statewide winner-takes-all contests. There are 538 electoral votes up for grabs, this is how the race is decided and the first person to 270 votes wins. California [...]


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 [...]