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Former GOP senator :: Palin a ‘cocky wacko’

Former GOP senator :: Palin a ‘cocky wacko’

Former Rhode Island Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee has called vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin a “cocky wacko” and said her selection as John McCain’s running mate has energized supporters of Democrat Barack Obama. Chafee left the Republican Party last year after losing his bid for re-election and now supports Obama. He told an audience Tuesday at the New America Foundation in Washington that the Alaska governor has revived a “lackluster McCain candidacy.” “They’ve just thrown this firestorm, this tornado, into the whole presidential election,” Chafee said in response to an audience member’s question about whether the Obama campaign should...

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Palin Peaked

While Sarah Palin has energized the campaign of John McCain, political scientist Andrew Dowdle of the University of Arkansas suggests that the effect of her celebrity has peaked. Dowdle is an assistant professor of political science in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas and editor of The American Review of Politics. â’Historically, the vice presidential candidate hasnâ’t played a role at all in how an election plays out. No matter how much attention the VP gets during the campaign, people vote for the president. â’Sarah Palin has certainly made the race...

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Hamm for VP in 2008 Election

Hamm for VP in 2008 Election

A true soccer super-star and Olympic gold medalist Mia Hamm to encourage employees to spend more time reviewing and understanding the importance of benefits during the fall open enrollment season. Fall marks the beginning of open enrollment season, a time when millions of employees across the United States re-assess their benefit elections. According to a Guardian survey, employees spend 1.4 hours, on average, reviewing their benefits each year, compared to 4.9 hours holiday shopping. “Mia is a true humanitarian and uses her celebrity to help others. As a new mom she understands first-hand the importance of having the right...

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Internet Strong Influence on 2008 Election

Internet Strong Influence on 2008 Election

Search marketing firm Didit‘s 2008 Search Engines and Politics: A Study of Attitudes and Influence study found that “nearly 7% of those surveyed reported that were likely to change their vote before the election.” This alone may not be particularly surprising. However, there is no record of which advertising accounts on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are driving traffic to which sites, meaning any individual corporation, PAC, candidate or political party could be buying ads, sending clicks to any site. “With no restrictions on how much an individual or political action committee can spend buying search terms, and no record...

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Palin in VP Position

Palin in VP Position

Texas Republicans celebrated U.S. Sen. John McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, saying she has solid social-conservative credentials and that the selection of a woman marks a historic moment for the GOP and a chance to appeal to disgruntled supporters of Hillary Clinton.  Do you think it will work? Would millions of Clinton supports jump ship for the sake of a woman’s VP position? I do not believe that for a minute. If that were true, the female voters would have not waited this long.  There have been many legit female presidential candidates and...

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