Archive for 'Kucinich'
The Winnowing Process Continues: Kucinich Bows Out
The Kucinich Presidential bid was the longest of long-shots. It had a value. His presence in the early debates gave the Democratic party faithful a look at the policy positions from the extreme liberal wing. Under pressure to hold his Congressional seat, The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that he is bowing out.
In a […]
Posted: January 24th, 2008 under News, Campaign Strategy, Kucinich, Edwards, Huckabee.
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Democrats on The Fed
With all the recent talk about the sub prime mortgage crisis, and The Fed’s response, it provides the presidential candidates an interesting situation, in which to highlight their economic policy and try to downplay their opponents’. This can be very helpful for investors, as a prediction of how the market will do in general.
At the […]
Posted: August 20th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Kucinich, Debate Coverage, Mortgage Issue, The Fed.
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The Freakin’ YouTube Debate
CNN in correlation with YouTube put together one of the most diabolically bad formats for a debate that we have seen in our lives. Off the bat, the YouTube debate was a terrible idea because it uses YouTube, a video uploading site notorious for its terrible image and sound quality. Almost all the submitted videos […]
Posted: July 24th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Campaign Strategy, Mike Gravel, Kucinich, Edwards, Richardson, Chris Dodd, Biden, Debate Coverage.
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Link Sandwich - 7/24
All news today is on yesterday’s YouTube debate, it’s the thing to talk about.
Fred Barnes of The Daily Standard says that Hillary Outflanked Obama last night.
The Washington Post claims that the voice of the public added an edge to the debate.
Top of the Ticket has a well put together commentary on The YouTube Debate.
Of course […]
Posted: July 24th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Mike Gravel, Kucinich, Edwards, Richardson, Links Post, Chris Dodd, Biden, Debate Coverage.
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Something New Under the Sun
On CNN tonight, 6pm Chicago time, from the Citadel, a Democratic Debate sponsored by CNN and YouTube. Anderson Cooper is the host. Questions will be video questions submitted to YouTube by July 22.
Wired Science interviewed Anderson Cooper about the innovative format, and got lots of valuable information about how the debate will play […]
Posted: July 23rd, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Mike Gravel, Kucinich, Edwards, Richardson, Chris Dodd, Biden.
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It’s a Strange, Strange Election
We’ve already covered the impact that viral videos like YouTube will have on the 2008 election, but it just keeps getting more weird. For $19.99 you can get your very own Hillary Clinton Nutcracker (thanks Political Vindication).
Also, you can download hip hop Barack Obama ringtones off his official website. They have such exciting tunes as […]
Posted: July 17th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, McCain, Thompson, Kucinich.
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2008 Election Populism
We have just read through the New York Times article that I posted in my Link Sandwich earlier entitled “New Populism Is Spurring Democrats on the Economy.
According to Wikipedia, Populism is “a political doctrine or philosophy that purports to defend the interests of the common people against an entrenched, self-serving or corrupt elite.”
Therefore, in an […]
Posted: July 16th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Kucinich, Edwards, Trade Policy.
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Dems Debate on PBS
Last night, PBS presented, from historically black Howard University, a debate among eight Democratic condenders.
Subjects ranged from the education systen to HIV to Darfur. Clinton and Obama were the stars.
Two most market unfriendly comments were made by Kucinich, who wanted to do away with NAFTA, and Edwards, who wanted to tax […]
Posted: June 29th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Healthcare, Education, Kucinich, Edwards.
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Finding your voter base
The Kucinich for President site makes it easy for campaign workers to download and print various fliers. Workers are encouraged to go to theaters showing SICKO. That is one way to find your target audience!
Michael Moore endorsed the Conyers/Kucinich universal health insurance bill (HR 676).
No one expects Kucinich to win, but his presence […]
Posted: June 27th, 2007 under Campaign Strategy, Kucinich.
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