Showing posts with label Iowa caucuses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iowa caucuses. Show all posts
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Are you an independent voter in Iowa voting in the Caucuses?
Independent voters are setting the tone for the 2008 presidential election. Send The Hankster an email. Let us know who you voted for and why!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Conversations on Radicals in the 2008 Presidential Campaign
As an independent residing in New York, I won't be huddling with fellow citizens to show my support for any of the major party candidates on January 3 in the Iowa caucuses. (btw -- the word caucus, Iowa Caucus 2008 tells us, is a North American Indian word, thought to be of Algonquin origin, meaning a gathering of the ruling tribal chiefs.....)
But I'll probably be glued to the tv by 9:30 to see what the first voters have to say about these guys and gal. One of them will most likely be our next president....
Last week Fred Newman and Jackie Salit talked about Ron Paul's appearance on Meet the Press. [msnbc transcript and video] Newman pointed out that Paul is a longtime independent, and a "left-wing conservative".... Kucinich, says Newman, is the most radical voice in the Dem primary.... See Talk/Talk: Ron Paul and America's Sea Change.
The Hankster interview with Iowa voter and founder of Rock the Debates.org Larry Reinsch drew a favorable review from Ron Paul supporter boratFAN999 .... Larry interviewed Ron Paul and is one of the few major party candidates who gave an immediate and unequivocable YES to debating an independent candidate should he win his party's nomination-- see the RockTheDebates.org video here.
Likewise, the Hankster interview with New Hampshire Committee for an Independent Voice activist Betty Ward was applauded by Dennis Kucinich supporter clearchoice2008 -- personally I think this ad by clearchoice is very clever!
And here's what Newman had to say about Hillary Clinton's campaign:
In some ways, Hillary has to deal with the fact that she should have been able to articulate a message of “take a risk, put a woman in the presidency.” But she couldn’t because she chose to shape the campaign around the idea of being the inevitable nominee, as it were. Those two don’t fit together. You can’t put those together. I think that Howard Wolfson and Bill Clinton and the people who put her campaign together put her in a bad spot because they didn’t position her as part of the sea change. She was actually anti-sea change. And that’s turned out to be a tough spot. I know the official line is that her biggest chance of winning is being the most experienced. But I don’t see yet that’s been proven right.....
Obama made note of the rock and a hard place that Hillary is in when he said in his so-called Closing Argument speech that "you can’t at once argue that you’re the master of a broken system in Washington and offer yourself as the person to change it."
The speculation over whether Mike Bloomberg is going to run as an independent will end sometime in March when the requirements for ballot access for independent candidates raise their ugly heads. I don't think he's going to run. I think he's doing what he wanted to do--being influential without running.
There are any number of Draft Mike ploys out there that seem to want to capitalize on the speculation. Maybe they actually think Bloomberg will run and give them all big jobs with bigger salaries, who knows? Political hacks can be found under every rock. But the black and independent alliance that got the Mayor re-elected in 2005 with a landslide knows what it takes to go up against the Dem and Repub machines and win. It takes an electorate organized to act on its own behalf. That's radical.
But I'll probably be glued to the tv by 9:30 to see what the first voters have to say about these guys and gal. One of them will most likely be our next president....
Last week Fred Newman and Jackie Salit talked about Ron Paul's appearance on Meet the Press. [msnbc transcript and video] Newman pointed out that Paul is a longtime independent, and a "left-wing conservative".... Kucinich, says Newman, is the most radical voice in the Dem primary.... See Talk/Talk: Ron Paul and America's Sea Change.
The Hankster interview with Iowa voter and founder of Rock the Debates.org Larry Reinsch drew a favorable review from Ron Paul supporter boratFAN999 .... Larry interviewed Ron Paul and is one of the few major party candidates who gave an immediate and unequivocable YES to debating an independent candidate should he win his party's nomination-- see the RockTheDebates.org video here.
Likewise, the Hankster interview with New Hampshire Committee for an Independent Voice activist Betty Ward was applauded by Dennis Kucinich supporter clearchoice2008 -- personally I think this ad by clearchoice is very clever!
And here's what Newman had to say about Hillary Clinton's campaign:
In some ways, Hillary has to deal with the fact that she should have been able to articulate a message of “take a risk, put a woman in the presidency.” But she couldn’t because she chose to shape the campaign around the idea of being the inevitable nominee, as it were. Those two don’t fit together. You can’t put those together. I think that Howard Wolfson and Bill Clinton and the people who put her campaign together put her in a bad spot because they didn’t position her as part of the sea change. She was actually anti-sea change. And that’s turned out to be a tough spot. I know the official line is that her biggest chance of winning is being the most experienced. But I don’t see yet that’s been proven right.....
Obama made note of the rock and a hard place that Hillary is in when he said in his so-called Closing Argument speech that "you can’t at once argue that you’re the master of a broken system in Washington and offer yourself as the person to change it."
The speculation over whether Mike Bloomberg is going to run as an independent will end sometime in March when the requirements for ballot access for independent candidates raise their ugly heads. I don't think he's going to run. I think he's doing what he wanted to do--being influential without running.
There are any number of Draft Mike ploys out there that seem to want to capitalize on the speculation. Maybe they actually think Bloomberg will run and give them all big jobs with bigger salaries, who knows? Political hacks can be found under every rock. But the black and independent alliance that got the Mayor re-elected in 2005 with a landslide knows what it takes to go up against the Dem and Repub machines and win. It takes an electorate organized to act on its own behalf. That's radical.
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
California registered voters rise 7 percent in four years-Voters who decline to state party affiliation rise by 24 percent (Almanac - Menlo Park CA)
Strength in numbers-Debbie Gibbons, Brookline supports Betty Ward's independent voice (Letter to Concord Monitor)
Here's a rather upbeat take on this year's Presidential campaign (Patriot Ledger) I half agree -- voters are taking a shot they don't usually get to shake up partisan lockstep politics
IOWA
The ground war and the hunt for independents (By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY, New York Times) and Finally voters will get to vote-- Oh, the possibilities (By ADAM C. SMITH, St. Petersburg Times) Pundit, football and actual voting (By Mark Shields, Green Valley News & Sun) The caucuses -- how it works (Newsday) Obama says he can draw more independent voters (Des Moines Register)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
McCain Begins New Hampshire Blitz (By Marc Santora, The Caucus, New York Times) Ron Paul Could Do Well in New Hampshire (NPR blog) Clintons relying on N.H. for victory (By KEVIN LANDRIGAN - Nashua Telegraph) A guide to keeping your 'primary' sanity as national media takes over (Portsmouth Herald, By Dean Spiliotes) A Biracial Candidate Walks His Own Fine Line-mention of Harlem appearence, Sharpton (New York Times) McCain losing votes to Obama in N.H. (Los Angeles Times)
BLOOMBERG
Talk of third-party bid intensifies-Bloomberg, others will meet on eve of N.H. vote (By David S. Broder, Concord Monitor) Will It Be Bloomberg And Unity In Independent Bid? (The Moderate Voice-By Joe Gandelman) Iowa, New Hampshire still crucial for candidates (Newsday) Finch gets advice from Big Apple mayor (Bridgeport News - CT)
OPEN PRIMARIES
Special election will close La.'s open primaries-March 8 vote to replace Jindal could cause confusion in state (Times Picayune)
Toward a Militant Populism-Greens Gone Wild (By JOHN MURPHY, CounterPunch)
Strength in numbers-Debbie Gibbons, Brookline supports Betty Ward's independent voice (Letter to Concord Monitor)
Here's a rather upbeat take on this year's Presidential campaign (Patriot Ledger) I half agree -- voters are taking a shot they don't usually get to shake up partisan lockstep politics
IOWA
The ground war and the hunt for independents (By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY, New York Times) and Finally voters will get to vote-- Oh, the possibilities (By ADAM C. SMITH, St. Petersburg Times) Pundit, football and actual voting (By Mark Shields, Green Valley News & Sun) The caucuses -- how it works (Newsday) Obama says he can draw more independent voters (Des Moines Register)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
McCain Begins New Hampshire Blitz (By Marc Santora, The Caucus, New York Times) Ron Paul Could Do Well in New Hampshire (NPR blog) Clintons relying on N.H. for victory (By KEVIN LANDRIGAN - Nashua Telegraph) A guide to keeping your 'primary' sanity as national media takes over (Portsmouth Herald, By Dean Spiliotes) A Biracial Candidate Walks His Own Fine Line-mention of Harlem appearence, Sharpton (New York Times) McCain losing votes to Obama in N.H. (Los Angeles Times)
BLOOMBERG
Talk of third-party bid intensifies-Bloomberg, others will meet on eve of N.H. vote (By David S. Broder, Concord Monitor) Will It Be Bloomberg And Unity In Independent Bid? (The Moderate Voice-By Joe Gandelman) Iowa, New Hampshire still crucial for candidates (Newsday) Finch gets advice from Big Apple mayor (Bridgeport News - CT)
OPEN PRIMARIES
Special election will close La.'s open primaries-March 8 vote to replace Jindal could cause confusion in state (Times Picayune)
Toward a Militant Populism-Greens Gone Wild (By JOHN MURPHY, CounterPunch)
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
- Why This Independent May Not Sway the Ones that Matter -- quotes Jacqueline Salit and Donna Richards (Campaigns & Elections)
- Cracks In The Facade Of A Vaunted Voting Bloc (Washington Post reprinted in Hartford Courant)
- Independents may lift McCain, not Obama, in N.H. (Boston Globe)
- Pennsylvania voters -- including independents - shut out (Editorial, Pocono Record)
- McCain endorsed by Lieberman (Union Leader)
- What "Independent" means --NOT Joe Lieberman...(NJVoices blog)
- Paul credits stance against war as sparking fundraising boost (Mason City Globe Gazette)
- Is America Ready for an Independent President? (By Harry C. Alford, Louisiana Weekly)
- Feb. 5 primaries could decide between Clinton and Obama (By Hazel Trice Edney, NNPA Louisiana Weekly)
- Entrance surveys and how the Iowa caucuses work (Politico)
- Term-limits turmoil debate between Steve Poizner and Steve Westly (LA Times)
Sunday, December 16, 2007
TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS
Wisconsin independent voter and community leader Kevin Rector sees need for party cooperation (Wausau Daily Herald)
Ohio independent Patrick Saunders says candidates who pay attention to independents will upset the status quo--EXACTLY! (LETTER Sandusky Register)
Coffee mugs and videos: Leave no gimmick unturned to pull voters to the Iowa caucuses (Missouri Valley Times)
Minnesota volunteers headed for Iowa fields hoping to influence independent voters (Post-Bulletin)
In Waterloo Iowa African American community, it's "Obama, Obama, Obama" (Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier)
Frank Rich column "Latter-Day Republicans vs. the Church of Oprah" -- which is the least offensive religious approach to the campaign of 2008??? ( NY Times)
Illinois Democrats favor Obama 2-1 (Chicago Tribune )
Single women make up the latest group coveted by politicians (The Oakland Press)
Cokie and Steven V. Roberts' column considers a Bloomberg run, which they think may have more weight now that things are getting shaken up again by voters. They add a little disclaimer which, if you like irony, you'll enjoy: "this country is too big and diverse to tolerate an array of splinter parties" (SaukValley.com - IL)
President Mike? David Andelman says Bloomberg IS going to run. (Does that mean he'll win?) (Forbes)
Ohio independent Patrick Saunders says candidates who pay attention to independents will upset the status quo--EXACTLY! (LETTER Sandusky Register)
Coffee mugs and videos: Leave no gimmick unturned to pull voters to the Iowa caucuses (Missouri Valley Times)
Minnesota volunteers headed for Iowa fields hoping to influence independent voters (Post-Bulletin)
In Waterloo Iowa African American community, it's "Obama, Obama, Obama" (Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier)
Frank Rich column "Latter-Day Republicans vs. the Church of Oprah" -- which is the least offensive religious approach to the campaign of 2008??? ( NY Times)
Illinois Democrats favor Obama 2-1 (Chicago Tribune )
Single women make up the latest group coveted by politicians (The Oakland Press)
Cokie and Steven V. Roberts' column considers a Bloomberg run, which they think may have more weight now that things are getting shaken up again by voters. They add a little disclaimer which, if you like irony, you'll enjoy: "this country is too big and diverse to tolerate an array of splinter parties" (SaukValley.com - IL)
President Mike? David Andelman says Bloomberg IS going to run. (Does that mean he'll win?) (Forbes)
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