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CNN Advertisement: Time To Buy Republican
The author (John Feehery) of this CNN commentary is a political operative, lobbyist, etc. He makes his living by using his access to the Republicans. When Republicans are in disarray, so is his livelihood. In order to drum up more business, he ...
Electioneering 102: A Lesson From Green Party of Canada
The federal election in Canada concluded on 2008.10.14. The incumbent party won another mandate. There are a lot of interesting content in this election to fill the media. However, for the purpose of Electioneering, this story may not make the ...
Very Unconventional In This Convention
When the DNC convention is going on, one would expect Obama would get a better polling result. This is not quite the case. McCain is closing in when Democrats’ convention is going on. When Republicans’ convention starts, will McCain’s rat...
Why Bother With The Biden Announcement?
Biden announcement is a great news story for content distributors. For elections, VP is very tactical. VP does not alter the agenda presented to the candidates. History presents the agenda of the nation to the candidates. VP brings neither su...
Guns, $ and Lobbying/Advocating
What is the significance of this gun shooting in an election year? Having an opportunity to bump up into an election issue. Who does not want gun control to be an election issue? Gun manufacturers. Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation (NASD...
Hurricanes, P&C Insurance and Property Taxes
Most natural disasters have short time durations with a long recovery period, like Katrina and Tsunami. What we have now is something different: climate change gives us a long disaster duration with a long recovery period. Climate change gives ...
A Lesson From Lincoln
We seldom observe opportunities for Obama to learn more about the mechanics of elections. This is also a lesson applicable to even to small races such as county or municipal elections. If Obama studied Lincoln better, he could have avoided this t...
Fatal Beating, Doha, 2008 Presidential Election
This fatal beating can stage the next round of assaults between McCain and Obama regarding free trade. The interesting news about free trade actually did not get reported in American media, although it may fuel the debate well. The Doha round of ...
What About Lobbyists’ Money?
CNN is talking about lobbyists’ money. Lobbying is inherent to the business of politics. The very action of voting is a form of lobbying. The threat should be more focused on if one is lobbying for the interests of some minority group. ...
How Did Global Warming And Afghanistan Get Together?
CNN brought these two topics together. Engaging Europe to dispatch more troops in Afghanistan does help lower fiscal expenditure of America. This message affirms the previous post regarding the relationship between Obama’s foreign policy and f...
How Will This Work For Dafur?
The arrest of Karadzic removes the condition for Serbia to join European Union. This arrest is another evidence an individual cannot escape the will of a state. Karadzic has been successful to remain free for 13 years (since 1995). What makes a...
Any Platform Question For McCain? Obama?
Obama is travelling overseas. However, this is not about vacationing. He is still selling himself to his home audience. He wants to show that he is able to represent the United States, he will not be treated like kid. Part of his weakness is ...
Why This? Why Now? Gore Pushes Obama
Gore’s speech highlighted a point raised here earlier, that is energy is the intersection of issues in this election: gas price, national security and environment. Gore specifically picked to deliver this speech at the Society of Daughters of Ame...
Environmetal Groups Mis-focused G8
CNN’s G8 summit news story focuses on the criticisms against the emission control proposed by G8. Both CNN (and other news sources) and environmental groups fail to recognize other more important items, some of them relevant to this climate chang...
Why This Obama News Is Less Important Than That Obama News
This is an article printed on A4 of WSJ today that is probably more important than any news we have today, like CNN’s news about Bill Clinton meeting Obama. The WSJ says Obama is spending hours on voter registration. This news is not on the fro...
Why Do I Care If Obama Opting Out Public Financing?
Obama changed his mind: he will not use public funding now. Obama’s decision also reflects his comfort level of this campaign. McCain says he will consider opting out as well. The truth is McCain cannot afford not to. McCain’s funding is ...
Clinton Contributed A Great Lesson: Electioneering 101
For any aspiring politician, say an aspiring city councilor, Clinton has taught us a very good lesson, especially her Iowa race. Since the lesson is most useful for an aspiring city councilor, I will focus on that particular case. A primary is mo...
