Monthly Archives: October 2008

Republicanism 101: Learning it on the ground at Colorado

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Tricia

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS0poGKbLrQ] McCain-cum-Senator Schaffer Rally in Denver, Colorado. Denver, Colorado. This is as ‘middle America’ as you can get, with brown, flat, wide spaces stretching on till the Rocky Mountains in the distance. Coming from Washington, DC, entering this city is a … Continue reading →

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From DC to Denver, Colorado

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Tricia

Moving away from Washington DC, I’ll be going down to the ground tomorrow onwards. I’m looking forward to seeing Denver, Colorado for the first time. This will involve meeting with those organising voter canvassing, state level campaign strategists, youth groups, … Continue reading →

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Fun Ways to Predict: Obama vs. McCain

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Tricia

Aside from the pollsters, statistical models and pure guesswork-cum-analysis, here are two fun ways to determine which US Presidential candidate will win this year’s Elections, it is said. First Method For 72 out of 76 years, the victory or the … Continue reading →

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The White House Race

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Tricia

My latest article in The Nut Graph, comparing the issue of race in the US and Malaysia. Incidentally, it is estimated that 3-5% of people may fall prey to the Bradley Effect – mentioned below here. The White House race … Continue reading →

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Obama is Winning the Moderate Vote

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Tricia

Mark Penn, CEO of a communications strategy company, who has been advisor to numerous politicians including Tony Blair and Hillary Clinton, drew out some demographic statistics of the voting public. Although some of these may seem too general, without specifying … Continue reading →

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Economic Boost may help McCain?

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Tricia

With the economy cited as one of the main issues in the US Election ’08, political pundits are trying to project the effect of the recent stock market rebound. Wall Street shook off more signs of global economic troubles Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Integrity in Polling and Journalism: How Far To Go?

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Tricia

One of the questions that we have been asking political analysts here in Washington DC is whether or not these two things are influencing voters in advance of the elections (notwithstanding the 18% of voters who have already cast their … Continue reading →

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Capitol Steps Performs for us

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Tricia

American politics is not all about hard analysis and serious discussions (although this is what I have been doing practically 24 hours a day – okay, okay, minus the sleeping hours). There is great humour in all of this, as … Continue reading →

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How the Election Will Actually Work

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Tricia

The Democrats and Republicans are not organised the same way ours are in Malaysia. We tend to think of “political parties” as strict systems, with strict party lines, constitutions, manifestos and membership. This is not the case in the United … Continue reading →

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McCain’s Top 3 Mistakes

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Tricia

Today, Mr. Greg Schneiders who was Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications in the Carter White House – speechwriting and communication strategy – talked to us about branding and marketing of Presidential candidates. Some of the interesting things to … Continue reading →

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