All of the campaign fervor generated this election season has been momentarily derailed as a result of last week’s financial debacle and the massive bailout under construction by Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke. Working directly with federal lawmakers around the clock to pass legislation, it appears inevitable that unprecedented action will be [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Rescuing our economy?! – Post #3
Posted in Uncategorized on September 24, 2008 | 127 Comments »
The art, science, and war of campaign advertisements – post #2
Posted in Uncategorized on September 16, 2008 | 122 Comments »
In a column published today, “2008 campaign attack ads hit an all-time low” (cnn.com), Darrell West (Brookings Institute) examines the changing tone, rhetoric, and content of campaign advertisements sponsored by each presidential candidate and independent special interest organizations. While acknowledging that this campaign tactic has been used by candidates since the inception of political [...]
Announcement about 7th congressional district debate – Tuesday, September 16
Posted in Uncategorized on September 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the site administrator, I can see my job is going to be challenging to find content and appropriate media that is going to stimulate interesting and new discussion related to the election. You managed to bring so much to the forefront with the first post, and it is clear through your tremendously insightful comments [...]
McCain and Obama, both change agents?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 8, 2008 | 154 Comments »
It appears that nearly two months before the election, both John McCain and Barack Obama have branded their campaigns by change. Senator Obama sold change to voters to defeat Senator Clinton, while Senator McCain has recently reinvigorated his own maverick image by recruiting Governor Palin to take on the vice-presidential nomination for the Republican [...]
