Campaigns & Elections back issues from January 2008:
Notice anything new?(From the Editor)(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Let's face it: change stinks. I mean, there you are, snug in your comfort zone, everything nice and predictable as you begin the monthly ritual of perusing your favorite magazine, when ... Whoa! What's going on here? What happened to my magazine?? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Counterintelligence.(Briefing Room)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... 96% Portion of students polled in 75 colleges nationwide who said they intend to vote in the 2008 presidential election [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [Survey ...
Women: get the message.(Talking Points)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The 2006 mid-terms saw 11 women run for governor--more than ever before--and six of them win. But there are still only nine current female governors. What can boost those numbers? Maybe it's these new messaging tips for women candidates: * Don't emphasize terrorism (voters ...
GOP retirement woes.(Briefing Room)(Grand Old Party)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Being in the congressional minority has never been the proverbial barrel of monkeys. Prospects of reversing the GOP's 2006 fall before at least 2010 seem dim, and a slew of retirements is making a bad situation worse for Republicans. Even though Democrats hold the thinnest of ...
Do Iowa and New Hampshire really matter?(Briefing Room)(Table)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... If you think history repeats itself ... you bet. Only once since 1976 has the eventual nominee of the Republican or Democratic party failed to win at least one of the showdowns (that was "Comeback Kid" Bill Clinton in 1992). And a majority won both state contests. Of course, the new ...
Getting girls to think politics.(Briefing Room)
Jan 01, 2008; ... She can't vote yet, but Natasha Dupree, 17, already thinks politics--thanks, in part, to Running Start. Last year, the team behind Women Under Forty Political Action Campaign (WUFPAC), a bipartisan group that works to get young women elected to federal office, began Running Start, a ...
Choose your news.(Briefing Room)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Headlines following the December 9, 2007 ...
Left field.(Briefing Room)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... "I can't help but want to support my own gender, and she's as experienced as any of the others--except maybe Joe ...
She was on message for Arnold and now spins for Fred. But Karen Hanretty is at her ballsy best when she speaks for herself.(Movers & Shakers)(Interview)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Politics: Let's get you to share some hard-earned wisdom. You've been the California Republican Party's communications director, Arnold Schwarzenegger's press secretary, and now you're deputy communications director for Fred Thompson. Is there a mistake you've seen made over and over again ...
What still haunts me.(If I Had It To Do Over ...)
Jan 01, 2008; ... One of the mildly entertaining but substantively useless sideshows in Washington is the daily briefing for reporters at the White House. I had a lead role in that production when Bill Clinton was president. I was the "human pinata" sent to the podium so that the White House press corps ...
Candidates, here's your New Year's resolution: be somebody else; From Hannibal to Nixon, there's a perfect role model for each of the contenders.
Jan 01, 2008; ... The problem with New Year's resolutions is that they're always too small. I know: the self-help experts tell us to focus on "achievable" goals, those little lifestyle tweaks like, "Don't buy cookie dough logs unless you actually intend to bake them." But vows like that are too easy to ...
He's absurdly likeable. A favorite of the faithful. But does Mike Huckabee have a prayer?
Jan 01, 2008; ... Pick an issue--any issue--being debated in the United States of America as we approach the 2008 elections, and Mike Huckabee can find a way to tell you that it won't matter until we collectively slim down. Education? "Kids can't learn," he told Charlie Rose in November, "because they're ...
Jumping the pond: why the '08 hopefuls are courting expats like never before.
Jan 01, 2008; ... ON A CRISP AUTUMN MORNING, HUNDREDS OF people lined up for hours to meet former President Bill Clinton at a book signing. Some folks wore "Hillary for President" T-shirts. Others debated his wife's platform while Clinton worked the room. Just your typical campaign whistle stop, ...
GOP: the next generation; Can these online pioneers drag their party into the future?(Grand Old Party - Republican Party)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Republican YouTube debate pleased few people more than David All. A 28-year-old former Senate Republican aide, All and a handful of other tech-savvy conservatives created SavetheDebate.com to urge Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani to drop their objections to the debate's format and take ...
5 "truths" about women voters: (that are flat-out false).
Jan 01, 2008; ... Except for phonetically, I never did figure out what "W Is for Women" was supposed to mean. But since this year is purportedly all about women voters, it's time we figured it out: Can a Woman for Rudy ever find happiness as an Obama Mama? And is every woman who doesn't hate Hillary Clinton ...
Louisiana.(Reds & Blues: States in the Spotlight)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WHAT A MONTH! Bobby Jindal will be sworn in Jan. 14 as the state's first non-white governor since Reconstruction. And then all eyes will be on the special election to fill Jindal's old seat in the 1st Congressional District. However, unlike the governor's race, this contest has no clear ...
New Jersey.(Reds & Blues: States in the Spotlight)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... GOV. JON CORZINE JUST SIGNED a bill abolishing the death penalty in New Jersey. Both the state General Assembly and Senate approved the repeal by about a dozen votes, despite solid support in the state for capital punishment. Critics say the move is a political one, since ...
Michigan.(Reds & Blues: States in the Spotlight)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... DEMOCRATIC VOTERS HERE face a quandary. When they step into the polling booth on Jan. 15, they'll be able to vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton or ... Sen. Hillary Clinton. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The state's primary meltdown, as some are calling it, started when Michigan ...
California.(Reds & Blues: States in the Spotlight)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... ON FEB. 5, CALIFORNIA Republicans and Democrats will do more than just nominate their party's presidential candidate. They'll also vote on Proposition 93, which would decide how long their state legislators can stay in office. One of the reasons for the early presidential ...
Tennessee.(Reds & Blues: States in the Spotlight)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... POLITICAL OPERATIVES ARE pretty impressed with state Sen. Jerry Cooper right now. Which is ironic since the Democrat resigned last month after a $120,000 fine for moving campaign funds to a personal account. But it's his timing that has politicos marveling. "He waited to resign ...
South Carolina.(Reds & Blues: States in the Spotlight)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WITH POLLS SHOWING that voters of all political stripes are concerned about the threat of global climate change, conservative groups are beginning to take notice. In South Carolina, two grassroots conservative conservation groups--Republicans for Environmental Protection (REP) and ...
Does your theme song hit the right note?(Ask The Campaign Doc)(Interview)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Q: We need a theme song for our candidate's announcement and then for the campaign itself. I'd appreciate your take on what works and anything we should avoid. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A: Most campaign songs are upbeat and have patriotic themes ("God Bless the U.S.A.," ...
Should spouses be on the front lines?(The High Road)(Interview)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Q: What do you think about candidates who use their spouses as surrogates to say things they themselves aren't willing to take the heat for saying? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A: The problem is not with the spouse; it's with using someone else to take the penalty for the ...
All things ethical.(Calendar)
Jan 01, 2008 ... April 3-4, 2008 Flamingo Resort, Las Vegas, NV [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Topics Include: Thursday, April 3 8:00am-9:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:15am-10:15am Rapid Cycle As campaigns ...
The winners & losers of 2007.
Jan 01, 2008 ... After each election cycle, Campaigns & Elections presents the win-loss records of political consultants across the nation. The main list ran in our December 2007 issue. Here are some additions to the list. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Explanation of Codes: W = ...
The Strategy of Campaigning.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Strategy of Campaigning, By Kiron K. Skinner, Serhiy Kudelia, Bruce Bueno De Mesquita and Condoleezza Rice, University of Michigan Press, 338 pages, $35.00 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During his ill-fated 1988 race for the White House, Massachusetts Gov. Michael ...
Campaign Advertising and American Democracy.
Jan 01, 2008; ... Campaign Advertising and American Democracy By Michael M. Franz, Paul B. Freedman, Kenneth M. Goldstein and Travis N. Ridout 116 pages, Temple University Press, $24.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Even those negative ads may actually be good for ...
The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House By Garrett M. Graff 323 pages, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25.00 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As technology has created an increasingly globalized economy, it has also ...
Condoleezza Rice: An American Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Condoleezza Rice: An American Life By Elisabeth Bumiller 400 pages, Random House, $27.95 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New York Times Washington correspondent Elisabeth Bumiller interviewed Condoleezza Rice and 150 of her associates for this detailed ...
Can Florida save the front runners?
Jan 01, 2008; ... January shapes up as a tough month for the two frontrunners, Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani. It will probably start with defeats for both in Iowa. For Giuliani, it will likely be a humiliating battering. He's on course to finish third or lower. For Clinton, the Iowa result may find her ...
Who will build the new bridges?
Jan 01, 2008; ... As we begin the new year, I've been thinking a lot about the broader meaning of the election and what challenges may await the candidate who wins in November. I'm struck at how much damage exists on so many fronts and how much repair work must be done by the new administration. ...
The BlackBerry edge: hot new phones loaded with even hotter software are getting put through their paces this primary season.(TechBytes)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... When residents of Evesham, N.J., voted in May, Republican poll watchers checked off voters using pen and paper. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Their Democratic rivals brandished BlackBerries powered by software from a company called First Tuesday in November, a nonpartisan ...
Tech toys.(TechBytes)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Toy: Amazon Kindle The Grade: B- The Amazon Kindle looks like a revolution in e-reading, but one that, for now at least, is probably best viewed from the sidelines. Remember your first cell phone? Like any new device, the Kindle is saddled with ...
Texting, one, two, three ...(TechBytes)
Jan 01, 2008; ... This year's campaign speeches may be asking for your text messages as often as they ask for your vote. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Several companies are offering services that allow event-goers to send text messages to a screen that displays the short bursts of prose to ...
Campaign alert: get up to speed--now--on these new rules.(Playbook)
Jan 01, 2008; ... It's a new day in Washington for federal candidates, lobbyists and political committees. The law governing federal campaigns changed on Sept. 14, 2007 with the signing of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA). The new law, which made significant changes to ...
Dan Schnur, the communications director for Sen. John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign.(Who's where in the political world)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Dan Schnur, the communications director for Sen. John McCain's 2000 presidential campaign, has joined Edelman as its executive vice president and director of its California public affairs practice. "My goal is for our public affairs, corporate and issues management work in ...
Ryan Clem is joining Faulkner Strategies, an Indiana-based Republican consulting firm, as a business development associate.(Who's where in the political world)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Ryan Clem is joining Faulkner Strategies, an Indiana-based Republican consulting firm, as a business development associate. Clem was legislative assistant for three GOP members of the Indiana Legislature. Before that, he was a field manager for Indiana's House Republican Campaign ...
Alexsis Horowitz has joined the American Association of Airport Executives as its director of communications.(Who's where in the political world)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Alexsis Horowitz has joined the American Association of Airport Executives as its director of communications. She was the Federal Aviation Administration's congressional relations liaison. At the AAAE, Horowitz is producing a weekly television show, "Aviation News Today," and plans to work ...
Tad Segal is a new senior vice president at Widmeyer Communications.(Who's where in the political world)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Tad Segal is a new senior vice president at Widmeyer Communications. Segal once served as communications director for former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and as press secretary for former Rep. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo. Segal first worked for Widmeyer in 1997. After leaving Widmeyer, he worked at ...
Barrett Thornhill, a former aide for Republican congressmen, is joining the law firm Foley Hoag as a health policy specialist.(Who's where in the political world)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Barrett Thornhill, a former aide for Republican congressmen, is joining the law firm Foley Hoag as a health policy specialist. Thornhill had been a staffer for Sen. Mike Crapo, ...
Tom Matzzie is leaving his post as Moveon.org's Washington director to lead a new soft money effort organized around "issues and character.".(Who's where in the political world)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Tom Matzzie is leaving his post as Moveon.org's Washington director to lead a new soft money effort organized around "issues and ...
Paul Dioguardi is joining the Democratic Governors Association as its political director.(Who's where in the political world)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Paul Dioguardi is joining the Democratic Governors Association as its political director. Dioguardi had been the chief executive of ONE, the non-profit group working to raise awareness of global poverty during the 2008 election. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The momentum ...
Casey O'Shea has been named national field director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.(Who's where in the political world)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Casey O'Shea has been named national field director for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. O'Shea most recently worked as chief of staff for Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-La. Joe Bonfiglio has been named as O'Shea's replacement ....
Sign-ups ...(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... These candidates and groups have signed on with the following consulting firms: Adelstein Liston D -- Polling Alice Kryzan, NY, H26 '08 Tom Myers (ch), PA, H03 '08 AFSCME for Hillary Clinton American Federation of ...
Quips & slips.(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... <Pre> 'You're getting to be a pretty good actor, actually." --Fred Thompson to Mitt Romney during a debate "I have a message for every homeowner worried about rising mortgage payment. The best you can do for your family is to call 1-800-995-HOPE." --President Bush during a nationally ...
Headlines you may have missed.(Brief article)(List)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Mitchell Report Concludes Bush Should've Used Performance-Enhancing Drugs [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From: Satirical Political Report Dean Reassures ...
Who said it?(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2008 ... "If I can marry this incredibly brilliant, beautiful woman, I mean, why wouldn't I think I can be president of the United States?" ...