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Joseph Mercurio of National Political Services, Inc. writes a regular column on national politics, full of news
and opinion, and peppered with the kind of behind-the-scenes insights and
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Recent Columns
February 24, 2008
Electing More Women
Did Team Hillary Make a Mistake
In 1988 at the Democratic National convention, the then state treasurer Ann Richards opened her speech saying she was delighted to be there, “because after listening to George Bush all these years, I...
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February 10, 2008
Youth Vote and Technology Rule
Why did Team Hillary ignore the youth vote to its peril?
In this year’s presidential election there are more than 18.5% more 18 to 21 year olds than there were for Bill Clinton’s last election in 1996, back when the World Wide Web was only 5 years old and...
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February 6, 2008
New Realities, New Electorate, New Outcome
Four Demographic Coharts Rule Vote
New Realities, New Electorate, New Outcome
Now that we are past Super Tuesday it is obvious that there are numerous micro targets that are affecting the outcome in each locality in the race for...
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February 4, 2008
The New Technology
Enhances Campaigns for President
Terry McAuliffe acted to move the primaries earlier to end the process sooner, leaving more time for the Democratic nominee to organize the party faithful to beat the Republican; at the time he...
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January 26, 2008
New Must Read: The First Campaign by Graff
Globalization, the Web and the Race for the White House
New Must Read: The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web and the Race for the White House by Garrett M. Graff, Howard Dean’s first webmaster.
New technology is changing the globe and it’s also...
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January 19, 2008
Presidential Candidates are All Short of Money
Where Did the Money Go?
Before the Iowa caucus some candidates aired as much as 21 weeks of television. For February 5 primaries and caucuses we haven’t even seen 21 days. As of the close of business Friday, Obama placed...
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January 10, 2008
What’s wrong with polls?
The news coverage.
A major New York daily paper ran one story called “How the pollsters got is so very, very wrong” about how the polls were so off in the New Hampshire primary on the Democratic side and on the next...
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January 9, 2008
Were the polls wrong in New Hampshire?
No!
Polls do not predict outcomes—they tell you where things are. This is complicated by the fact that it is often extremely hard to predict turnout. In New Hampshire, you had an election with multiple...
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December 26, 2007
Should Iowa Matter?
Will Candidates Have Enough Money for Media after New Hampshire?
The Iowa caucus has not always figured into the presidential race as centrally as it does in this cycle, in fact until the New York Times’ Apple went out to Iowa during the Carter campaign to see...
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October 16, 2007
The Neglected Voter
white men and the Democratic delemma
Going into the presidential campaign there is a new must read: David Paul Kuhn, The Neglected Voter: white men and the Democratic dilemma, October 2007 MacMillan.
Mr. Kuhn is currently at The...
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