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thinkahol *

The impotence of the loyal partisan voter - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com - 0 views

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impotence of the loyal partisan voter - Glenn Greenwald Salon.com

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  • thinkahol * on 06 Apr 11
     
    Rachel Maddow argues the Democratic Party seeks out ways to publicly kick its base.  How can that be changed?
thinkahol *

Let's Not Be Civil - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Let's Not Be Civil - NYTimes.com

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  • thinkahol * on 19 Apr 11
     
    The House budget proposal shows a huge gap between the two parties' priorities, and the difference should be made clear to voters.
thinkahol *

Tax Cuts for the Rich on the Backs of the Middle Class; or, Paul Ryan Has Balls | Rolling Stone Politics | Taibblog | Matt Taibbi on Politics and the Economy - 0 views

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Tax Cuts for the Rich on Backs of Middle Class; or Paul Ryan Has Balls | Rolling Stone Politics Taibblog Matt Taibbi and Economy

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  • thinkahol * on 22 Apr 11
     
    No matter what, Ryan's gambit, ultimately, is all about trying to get middle-class voters to swallow paying for tax cuts for rich people. It takes chutzpah to try such a thing, but having a lot of balls is not the same as having courage.
thinkahol *

The Trouble With Independents | The New Republic - 0 views

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The Trouble With Independents | New Republic

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  • thinkahol * on 27 Apr 11
     
    What if these voters are just a clueless horde?
thinkahol *

Obama Doesn't Want a Progressive Deficit Deal - 0 views

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Obama Doesn't Want a Progressive Deficit Deal

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  • thinkahol * on 12 Jul 11
     
    One expects the debt-ceiling mess to involve a lot of ostentatious chest-pounding on both sides, for despite the fact that this is a deadly serious issue - the fact that we're even considering incurring an intentional catastrophe via a default is incredible, a testament to the bottomless stupidity inherent in our political climate - this whole debate is primarily an exercise in political posturing. That Republicans are holding up what should be a routine, if unpleasant, decision to raise the debt ceiling in order to portray themselves as the uncompromising defenders of the budget-balancing faith (a howling idiocy in itself, given what went on during the Bush years) is obvious to most rational observers. It's the obvious play for the lame-duck party entering an election year, and they're playing it, with the requisite hysteria. But what is becoming equally obvious, to both sides, is that the Obama White House is using this same artificial calamity to pitch its own increasingly rightward tilt to voters in advance of the 2012 elections.
thinkahol *

Lesser-Evil Math Doesn't Compute: Freedom Plaza Has the Same Name as Tahrir Square | Truthout - 0 views

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Lesser-Evil Math Doesn't Compute: Freedom Plaza Has the Same Name as Tahrir Square | Truthout

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  • thinkahol * on 27 Jun 11
     
    In an electoral system corrupted by money, media, and parties, the US people are offered a choice every four years between two hideously awful candidates for an office that increasingly resembles an imperial throne. And increasingly the primary motivation of voters is to oppose the candidate they believe is the greater evil.
meheksharma

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DONALD TRUMP INVEST HIS $100 MN FUND HILLARY CLINTON US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2016

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  • meheksharma on 02 Nov 16
     
    US presidential 2016 campaign is in full swing. All candidates are not leaving any stone Upturned to attract voters. In most recent poll Hillary Clinton is maintaining 5 percentage point lead over Donald Trump post Donald Trump disastrous presenting debate and string of accusation leveled by ladies.
Bakari Chavanu

10 reasons why #DemExit is serious: Getting rid of Debbie Wasserman Schultz is not enough - 10 reasons why #DemExit is serious: Getting rid of Debbie Wasserman Schultz is not enough - 0 views

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  • The fact that the party even has superdelegates is a sign of its anti-democratic, pro-oligarchy stance. As Branko Marcetic of In These Times reports the superdelegate system was created specifically to challenge the will of voters. According to Marcetic, “When a Sanders supporter criticized superdelegate Howard Dean for sticking with Clinton despite Sanders’ landslide victory in Vermont, Dean tweeted back: “Superdelegates don’t represent the people.”
  • The DNC created a debate schedule designed to make it hard for candidates to challenge Clinton’s status as the “presumptive” nominee.  Debates were held on weekends, at times that conflicted with other events, and were generally slotted to attract fewer viewers.
  • Fox News offered to host one.  Fox News wrote that, “the race is still contested, and given that you sanctioned a final trio of debates, the last of which has not yet been held, we believe a final debate would be an excellent opportunity for the candidates to, as you said when you announced these debates, ‘share Democrats’ vision for the country.’”  There never was a California debate set up. Not on Fox News or any other venue.
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  • The Sanders camp alleged that the joint fundraising agreement offered Clinton a chance to “launder” money through the DNC.
  • It clearly goes against what was intended for the joint fundraising committees.”  Given the already significant war chest Clinton had to run her campaign it is not surprising that Sanders supporters would find this news disturbing.
  • The recent fights over the DNC platform reveal a real lack of support for progressive policy, especially on key economic issues
Joe La Fleur

Republicans | Democrats | Open-mindedness | Tolerance | The Daily Caller - 0 views

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  • Joe La Fleur on 23 Apr 12
     
    Who's the Man? Who is more informed? Democrats or Republicans?
Ramby Smith

Catalpa Grove: On Same Sex Marriage Joe Biden Has Political Balls Obama Lacks - 0 views

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Joe Biden Obama same sex marriage politics

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  • Ramby Smith on 08 May 12
     
    I was a Joe Biden fan long before I had heard of Barack Obama. Unfortunately, and to the dismay of this independent voter, the Obama political machine is making a big deal out of nothing for Biden's support of same sex marriage .
Joe La Fleur

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politics history KKK SUFFRAGISTS WOMEN voter news

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  • Joe La Fleur on 26 Mar 12
     
    ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE KKK WAS AN ARM OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND IT WAS DEMOCRATS THAT TRIED TO KEEP BLACKS AND WOMEN FROM THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE.
Levy Rivers

RealClearPolitics - Articles - The Bradley Effect? - 0 views

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bradley effect polling

shared by Levy Rivers on 07 Oct 08 - Cached
  • Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African-American Democrat, in 1982 unexpectedly lost his candidacy for governor of California. His defeat followed voters telling pollsters they prefer a black candidate and then voting the other way. In California's primary last Tuesday, Obama lost by a landslide 10 percentage points after a late survey showed him ahead by 13 points and other polls gave him a smaller lead.
Levy Rivers

Business Reputation: Creativity and Happiness: Reputation, Recuperaton and Leadership - McCain's Failure - 0 views

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leadership recuperaton reputation strategy

shared by Levy Rivers on 06 Oct 08 - No Cached
  • The argument I’m making here is that McCain has failed to demonstrate that type of leadership. That his investment in a reputation strategy – formed after the Keating 5 case and consistently implemented up to the time of his latest presidential campaign can no longer forestall the widespread Voter exit.
Levy Rivers

Steve Young: Most Race-Baiting Column EVER! O'Reilly Uses Nearly Entire Column To Conjure Up A Race War Over Obama - Media on The Huffington Post - 0 views

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racebaiting

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  • In one of the most incendiary columns ever written, "Race And The Presidential Election," Bill O'Reilly sets the race-bait bar to record-breaking...depths. Short of saying that Barack Obama wants to sleep with your pearly-white daughter, O'Reilly uses just about every button meant to alarm his white fans to the fact that Barack Obama is BLACK and that just his running for, let alone becoming, president, could set off race-laced fireworks.
  • "Obama's second dilemma is convincing skeptical white voters that he and his wife are sympathetic to their concerns. Let's be honest--few white Americans would tolerate a Reverend Wright for five minutes, much less 20 years."
Levy Rivers

Plouffe: Palin Choice a 'Transparent Moment' - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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obama

shared by Levy Rivers on 02 Sep 08 - Cached
  • In an interview here on Tuesday, Mr. Plouffe said voters should instead judge Mr. McCain for what he called an “impulsive” decision to choose Ms. Palin, who has served as governor of Alaska for 20 months. He said Ms. Palin’s governmental record in Alaska is fair game for examination in the final two months of the campaign, but not her family.
  • Levy Rivers on 02 Sep 08
     
    The term used by Obama's campaign for McCain's selection of a VP is "impulsive" -
Levy Rivers

Mark Green: 7 Days in America: Will McCain Put Reputation First at Wednesday's Debate? w/ Mellman, Huffington, Conason & Green - 0 views

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election leadershp mccain reputation

shared by Levy Rivers on 13 Oct 08 - Cached
  • I understand how ambition can warp judgment. But your recent personal attacks on Barack Obama are so beyond the pale for presidential politics that you now face a fateful choice by the Wednesday debate -- will you pull back from the abyss of sleazy slander or risk losing not only the election but also your reputation and honor?
  • First, it's wrong and you shouldn't engage in such self-immolating behavior. Second, it's backfiring -- since polls show the gap widening since voters care a lot more about their jobs and 401(k)'s than Bill Ayres. Third, while a loss is a loss, for down-ticket Republicans, an Obama win by 10 points rather than by 4 points can be the difference between 56 and 60 seats in the Senate, between 245 House seats and 260 House seats.
Levy Rivers

Donklephant » Blog Archive » CBS Snap Debate Poll: Obama 39%, McCain 27% - 0 views

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debate 2 election mccaim obama

shared by Levy Rivers on 08 Oct 08 - Cached
  • Here are the numbers from a poll of 500 uncommitted voters… How did the debate impact vote preferences? 15% say they are now committed to Obama 14% to McCain 70% are still uncommitted Would make the right decisions about the economy? McCain: 41% before the debate, 49% after Obama: 54% before the debate, 68% after Understands your needs? McCain: 35% before the debate, 46% after Obama: 60% before the debate, 80% after Prepared for the job of president? McCain: 80% before the debate, 84% after Obama: 42% before the debate, 57% after Did candidates answer the questions they were asked? 57% yes, 42% no — for both candidates Obama continues to dominate the “economic” and “understands my needs” categories.
Levy Rivers

FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right: The Persistent Myth of the Bradley Effect - 0 views

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bradley effect fivethirtyeight obama

shared by Levy Rivers on 07 Oct 08 - Cached
  • A fairly typical example comes in the form of a blind quote from a Democratic strategist this morning at The Politico:A huge challenge for Obama, insiders say, is simply determining how much skin color will matter in November. Race is nearly impossible to poll – no one ever says “I’m a racist” – and no campaign wants it revealed they are even asking questions on the issue.
  • As we have described here before, polling numbers from the primaries suggested no presence of a Bradley Effect. On the contrary, it was Barack Obama -- not Hillary Clinton -- who somewhat outperformed his polls on Election Day.
  • This effect appears to be most substantial in states with larger black populations; I have suggested before that it might stem from a sort of reverse Bradley Effect in which black voters were reluctant to disclose to a (presumed) white interviewer that they were about to vote for a black candidate.
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  • The good news for Barack Obama is that, among the Northeastern states, only New Hampshire appears to be competitive -- and Obama would gladly trade a Bradley Effect in New Hampshire for a reverse Bradley Effect in a state like North Carolina. (Pennsylvania, it should be noted, is also defined by the Census Bureau as being in the Northeast, but in terms of political demography, it shares far more in common with the Midwest).
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