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Turning it over to a commission is the kind of duck-and-cover drill that politicians have usually been able to get away with on Social Security. But Obama and Edwards aren't going along this time. "We're not really picking a fight about Social Security," says Obama strategist David Axelrod. "We're picking a fight about candor. [Obama] has been forthright about this, and Senator Clinton hasn...
...campaign - or staffers on rival campaigns - and they will all tell you the same thing: John McCain must win New Hampshire, where he won a key victory in 2000 and plans to campaign this weekend. He can't come in third; he can't come in second. One Republican strategist put it this way, "He should run as if he's running for governor there...
...with the caucuses less than 50 days away, observers wonder why he's not spending more time and money in the state he can - and must - win. As the Republican strategist puts it, "John McCain has one chance, only one chance, to advance toward the nomination and that is by winning New Hampshire - anything that wastes resources from that goal is malpractice...
...choice rather than age-old divisions like race or class. If a group of people realizes they share a singular trait and rallies for it, Penn claims, they could make all the difference in the world. According to Penn—a former Crimson editor and the Clinton campaign strategist who in 1996 identified “Soccer Moms” as a key voting demographic—the 75 groups he dissects in “Microtrends” could have the same effect the Soccer Moms did. That is, each could potentially be the population that wins...
...global warming." Mark McKinnon, Bush's chief media consultant during both of his presidential campaigns, has warned his clients - including Senator John McCain - that if Obama wins the Democratic nomination McKinnon won't work against him in the general election. And Matthew Dowd, Bush's former top political strategist, told the New York Times that the only candidate that appeals to him this cycle in either party is Obama...