Word: nonpartisan
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...decreased his advertising budget by 50%. Although Obama approached - and in a few polls, even led - McCain in surveys of North Dakota and Montana over the summer, when Obama was the only candidate advertising there, he now trails McCain by double digits in those states. Real Clear Politics, a nonpartisan website that tracks the campaign, recently moved both states into the "solid McCain" column. Still, the campaign is taking a wait-and-see approach in Montana as staff and volunteers race to register as many voters as possible. Essentially, the campaign's entire state-by-state strategy will come down...
...since Thomas Eagleton did the precise opposite - sinking his sponsor, George McGovern, in 1972. Obviously, something beyond politics is happening here. We don't really know Palin as a politician yet, whether she is wise or foolhardy, substantive or empty. Our fascination with her - and it is a nonpartisan phenomenon - is driven by something more primal. The Palin surge illuminates the mythic power of the Republican Party's message since the advent of Ronald Reagan...
...Four years later, she took on her former workout buddy in a race that quickly became contentious. In Stein's view, Palin's main transgression was injecting big-time politics into a small-town local race. "It was always a nonpartisan job," he says. "But with her, the state GOP came in and started affecting the race." While Palin often describes that race as having been a fight against the old boys' club, Stein says she made sure the campaign hinged on issues like gun owners' rights and her opposition to abortion (Stein is pro-choice...
...pediatric hygienist (she's also worked in the dental industry)... we all have our little niches. I'm the only one who got into politics. My parents were never partisan. In fact I won't be surprised if most folks in my family are registered as either nonpartisan or independents. But just that sense of contributing to community has been very, very strong and a solid part of my foundation based on my upbringing...
...mainstream parties, this means avoiding a return to the vindictiveness and squabbling that characterized relations between their parties in the 1990s and undermined Pakistan's previous experiment with democracy. Their first test will be the selection of a new President, where it is essential that a nonpartisan, mutually acceptable candidate be chosen. Both sides must recognize that building a stable democratic system will better serve their interests in the long run than engaging in a zero-sum conflict that sets the stage for another coup...