presidential primaries
The Political Stew Keeps Bubbling…
After the Potomac primaries this week, the political stew has been bubbling furiously….
We’ve been waiting to see if the stew was going slow down to a simmer—but right now it gives every indication of boiling over and spilling right out of the pot…
A DELEGATE MATTER…
Hillary Clinton is coming close to the same position that Mitt […]
You Could See That One Coming….
There are times in your life when something occurs—and you say to yourself, I could see that was coming…
Seems like we’ve got a bunch of those events happening right now..
For example:
FUELING AROUND WITH GAS PRICES….
Just a day or so ago—analysts were predicting the price of gasoline could drop by as much as 50 cents this […]
By The Numbers…
With Super-Tuesday well behind us, we’ve all heard who won and lost….
But let’s take a look at some of the numbers that went into those victories and defeats.
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The number of delegates Mitt Romney had which made it mathematically impossible for him to win the GOP nomination against John McCain.
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The number of weeks since Mike Huckabee […]
Ads Not What You Can Do To Your Country…
On the brink of what amounts to a national primary day—the candidates are spending millions upon millions of dollars on campaign ads that’ll run on TV…
How effective will their advertising be?
And—can TV compete with the Internet as a medium of influence?
Back in 1964— the most famous—and most controversial TV ad ever produced was run […]
If It Ain’t Brokered, Don’t Fix It…
It wasn’t that long ago the pundits were talking about a brokered conventions…
With so many candidates running, and with so many choices, the conventional wisdom was that they’d be such division among voters, the conventions would become the last battleground.
Now, as we head to Super Tuesday, the field has winnowed down considerably.
And for both Democrats […]
Political Stew…
The political pot is boiling now—so let’s see what kind of stew the candidates are cooking up…
Hmm…Today, it’s largely Democratic…
Now that we’re heading into the next round of primaries—the so-called Super Tuesday contests—it’ll be interesting to see if Hillary and Obama continue to tear into each other with the same vitriol they used in […]
Bits & Pieces, Odds & Ends Version9.0
There’s a few things on my mind—and at my age— a few things is about all my mind can hold… So, it’s time to let them out to run free…
OBAM! KICKING IT UP A NOTCH…
Seems the gloves are off when it comes to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama … The animosity […]
No Clear Leader….
As we enter the next round of contests in the presidential quest— we’re seeing an interesting dynamic at play here on both the Republican and Democratic side—
—there’s no candidate whose just dominating; no one who has pulled out in front of the others and become the far and away leader….
Lets look back.
IOWA : Obama/Huckabee
N.H. : […]