Word: davenport
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...political risk. The same advisers can also be dismissive of Obama's massive crowds, calling the legions that show up "teeny boppers," and implying that they're attracted to the Illinois Senator's star quality, not his politics. But McCain is a victim of that same mixed blessing. Al Davenport, a 66-year-old salesman from Bedford, New Hampshire, went to see McCain, and liked him - but he says that Obama will get his vote. He "reminds me of Kennedy...And I like that he's bringing out the young people, it was great to see them in line...
...economic or cultural grandeur of California or New York and become little more than whistle-stops in the general election. This is, of course, the problem to which the Electoral College is the hapless, nonsensical solution. Better that the self-styled salt of the earth in Dubuque and Davenport fill that role when the time to vote finally arrives than that same Geffen-and-Soros cabal that donates millions in the months beforehand and afterward. If there’s one thing keeping the race for the White House from becoming one long black-tie fundraiser in a polished banquet...
...control. Do people really want a woman President? Do they want the Clinton circus back in town? Do they want to keep trading the presidency between these two weird families? "Who knows?" said Karl Rhomberg, a former Scott County Democratic chairman, after watching Clinton perform in Davenport, Iowa. He pointed out that four years ago, in November, Howard Dean was inevitable, and John Kerry was over. "But 40% were undecided going into the last week of the caucus. It'll be the same this time. Hillary is 20% smarter than the guys, but a woman has to be just...
...agenda. The Simpsons “festival” was hosted by the Harvard Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine. According to Lampoon President Ross E. Arbes ’08 and Treasurer Hayes H. Davenport ’08 (who, curiously, asked that all quotations be attributed to both of them), “The Lampoon has had a long-standing tradition and relationship with the Simpsons. In fact, 36 of our grads went on to become Simpsons’ writers and one of them went...
Joel Boon, Davenport, Idaho...