Archive for 'Endorsements'
Hillary’s Ship Is Sinking
So says Chadwick Matlin of Slate. He sees her now with a 2.5% chance to win.
Start with George McGovern pulling his support of Hillary. McGovern says she waged a valiant campaign, but now is the time for her to say good-bye.
She loaned herself $6.4 million last month and apparently the dollars haven’t been […]
Posted: May 7th, 2008 under Uncategorized, Clinton, Obama, Campaign Strategy, Endorsements, Contributions, Superdelegates.
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The Boss Endorses Obama
Bruce Springsteen declared his support for Obama, today. It’s a little too late for the NJ primary, but his timing could be just right.
Here’s why (italics are ours). In his press release, Springsteen says:
…critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships. While these matters […]
Posted: April 16th, 2008 under Obama, Endorsements.
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Hillary’s Clock is Ticking
Slate’s Death Watch showed Clinton’s chances of winning the nomination have dropped to 10.3%.
In addition, she drifted 8 points behind Obama in the latest Gallup Poll. He’s ahead, now, 50% to 42%.
Also bad for her was Sen. Bob Casey’s endorsement of Obama, which came voluntarily (No Obama politicking for it).
Both Howard Dean and Al […]
Posted: March 29th, 2008 under Clinton, Obama, Election Process, Endorsements, Superdelegates.
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Pennsylvania
She got endorsements from Gov. Ed Rendell and Philly Mayor, Michael Nutter.
He got an endorsement from Sen. Robert Casey. He’ll also join Obama on a bus trip through the state.
Clinton leads Obama in the polls in PA 49% to 39%, but Obama has the lead for the nomination. 1621 delegate and supers to […]
Posted: March 28th, 2008 under Clinton, Obama, Election Process, Endorsements.
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Who Do The Bigshots Like?
Have you ever wondered which politicians are endorsing which candidate? Well wonder no longer, the New York Times has created an interactive tool with all the candidates and some of their most famous endorsements. Even if you could care less, it’s still interesting just to play around with.
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Posted: March 18th, 2008 under Endorsements.
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Fred Leaves the Race
Even a conservative candidate can be too low-key. Thompson announced his departure today after finishing basically nowheresville in S.C., a state he said he had to win.
“Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States,” Thompson said in an e-mailed statement. “I hope that my country and my party have […]
Posted: January 22nd, 2008 under News, Campaign Strategy, Thompson, Election Process, Endorsements.
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Whose Side Are They On?
In case you are having trouble keeping track of the players, Chris Cillizza from The Fix, points us to a valuable synopsis of legislative candidate endorsements.
Democrat, Hillary Clinton has the most in her party. Mike Gravel has none in the battleground states. Republican, Mitt Romney has the most in his.
Are endorsements […]
Posted: October 30th, 2007 under Campaign Strategy, Endorsements.
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The Election is Over, You All Can Go Home.
Yesterday Chuck Norris, well known to be a conservative, announced that he would indeed be voting for none other than Mike Huckabee in the 2008 election. This roundhouse kicked the opinions of all other Republican party voters and Huckabee’s support has gone up 300% since then.
Nah, I joke. But my personal speculation is that this […]
Posted: October 22nd, 2007 under Huckabee, Endorsements.
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