While I’m not normally one to follow the activities of the Republican National Committee closely, I found this post on the CNN Wire, “RNC call unprecedented meeting to question future leaders” quite interesting. WASHINGTON (CNN) — With six contenders jockeying to become the next chairman of the Republican National Committee, party members are taking the [...]
Barack Obama wins the Election? Well, only in the New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch, but there is some significance here, in that a Democrat hasn’t won this early vote in 40 years. From the Tucson Citizen: With 15 votes for Obama and six for McCain reported by broadcasters, the opening of the Dixville Notch [...]
Yiddish Translation: Kappore = Catastrophe. In September the Jewish Council of Education & Research launched an innovative and attractive campaign to motivate young Jews around the country to make their way down to Florida to convince their grandparents to vote for Barack Obama. With an edgy (yet compelling) video-plea from Sarah Silverman, this campaign received [...]
There has been a lot of media coverage over the news that the Republican National Committee has shelled out over $150,000 for a new wardrobe and hair care for VP nominee, Sarah Palin. Reported disbursements include: Saks 5th Avenue: $49,425.74 Neiman Marcus: $75,062.63 Hair care for the month of September: $4,716.49 While this probably isn’t [...]
I’ve heard many experts insist that negative campaigning is an essential part of today’s political process, but it seems to me that campaigns have started to take those experts a bit too seriously and ignore what it is that people are actually looking for in a President in 2008. Yes, people are concerned with Obama’s [...]