Posted on September 11th, 2007 by Kevan
This was an enlightening article for me. It made me sit back, shake my head and say, “Silly Politicians”.
(WashingtonPost.com) Sept. 11, 2007
Presidential politics are never far from the congressional debate on Iraq. As Gen. David Petraeus testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, the two merged into a seamless whole.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), a […]
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Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, McCain, Clinton, Obama, Biden, Dodd
Posted on September 4th, 2007 by Kevan
(TheAtlantic.com) Sept. 3, 2007
MILFORD — After a devastating flood last April, Milford needed a boost, and the Labor Day parade here, one of the oldest in the country, did the trick. There was Barack Obama and his moving rope line greeting students. Mitt Romney pausing to shake hands with firefighters. Chris Dodd holding his beautiful […]
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Filed under: Democrats, Republicans, Romney, Obama, Dodd
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Kevan
(New York Times) Aug. 29, 2007 Many of the Democratic presidential candidates have been working hard to round up support from the country’s major labor unions, which have long been an important source of fund-raising dollars and campaign volunteers.
The wooing was on display at the presidential debate in Chicago sponsored by the A.F.L.-C.I.O earlier […]
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Posted on August 17th, 2007 by Kevan
All of the Democratic candidates appeared to be singing the same song in front of these labor/ union leaders. A lot of talk to grow the middle class of America must come from a growth of union membership… which has been steadily declining since the ’50s when 1 in 4 workers belonged to a union.
(Charles […]
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Filed under: Uncategorized, Democrats, Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Biden, Dodd, Richardson
Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by rmccoy
I know that first quarter fundraising totals are old news, but I wanted to look at it from a different angle. I’ll try and finish second quarter numbers as soon as possible and post some overall insights using the same approach. I took a “winner take all” approach to the numbers and assigned […]
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Posted on February 28th, 2007 by rmccoy
According to the latest Zogby International poll, Barack Obama and Rudy Giuliani do the best in general election match-ups.
Giuliani 47%, Clinton 40%
Giuliani 40%, Obama 46%
Giuliani 46%, Edwards 40%
McCain 47%, Clinton 39%
McCain 40%, Obama 44%
McCain 47%, Edwards 38%
Romney 35%, Clinton 45%
Romney 29%, Obama 51%
Romney 32%, Edwards 47%
Both Obama and Giuliani are also increasing their gains as […]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2007 by rmccoy
In a Iowa poll released yesterday by polling firm Strategic Vision, Giuliani is leading the Republican pack, while Edwards has the edge amongst Democrats.
Republican Results:
Rudy Giuliani 29%
John McCain 22%
Newt Gingrich 11%
Mitt Romney 9%
Chuck Hagel 5%
Tommy Thompson 3%
Tom Tancredo 2%
Sam Brownback 2%
Mike Huckabee 2%
Jim Gilmore 1%
Duncan Hunter 1%
Undecided 13%
Democrat Results:
John Edwards 24%
Hillary Clinton 18%
Barack Obama 18%
Tom […]
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Posted on February 21st, 2007 by rmccoy
CARSON CITY, Nevada (CNN) — Nevada is about to get its first true taste of what it’s like to be an early presidential testing ground, as Democratic hopefuls descend on the state capital for the kickoff candidate forum of the 2008 campaign.
Eight Democratic presidential contenders — all except Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who had a […]
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Filed under: Democrats, Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Biden, Dodd, Kucinich, Richardson, Vilsack
Posted on February 16th, 2007 by rmccoy
WASHINGTON (CNN) — When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scheduled a key vote Saturday on a non-binding resolution condemning the troop increase in Iraq, several 2008 presidential candidates scrambled to alter their schedules in order to make it back to Capitol Hill on time.
Five senators have pledged to interrupt their jaunts on the campaign trail […]
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Posted on February 16th, 2007 by rmccoy
Joshua Levy points out that according to the website Absent Congress Sam Brownback has been absent for more than half of his Senate roll call votes. Some quick stats:
Barack Obama 100%
Hillary Clinton 94.87%
John McCain 94.87%
Chris Dodd 84.62%
Joe Biden 79.49%
Sam Brownback 48.72%
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