Word: stumps
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...minutes of openings remarks followed by 50 minutes of questions from the audience, was geared toward making the event as interactive as possible. “We’re very specific,” Helgen said. “Don’t give a stump speech, don’t give a policy run-through.” The series, which before the 2004 race brought every contender for the Democratic nomination to Harvard, gives students a chance to decide how they want to vote and how involved they want to be in 2008. “From...
...list of accusations runs long. The production team ordered a couple to bring farm animals into their house, covering it with manure; they tied a dildo—unidentifiable to the villagers—to the arm stump of an old man; and they portrayed the community as urine-drinking savages. Pay ranged from five to 38 dollars a day; they took the money because they were poor and had no idea how their actions would be used...
This election proved that it pays to spend big(ger). The average House winner burned through about $1 million on the stump--and the candidate who spent the most won in 93% of House races. The most expensive victory was, oddly, one of the Dems' safe bets: New York Senator Hillary Clinton, who won a second term with 67% of the vote--and $35.9 million...
...race also featured a lot of star power on Ford's behalf, with stump visits by Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. So great was Ford's appeal to younger, white professionals that Corker only won his home county, which comprises Chattanooga, where Corker was mayor, by less than 10 points. But Ford did not gain enough crossover votes from the fallout of Republican attack ads many (including Corker) condemned as offensive and racist...
...spokesman Tony Snow's mind when reporters pressed him on the impact of the Administration's Iraq policy on voters. A "statement by Senator Allen ended up being a key issue in that particular campaign," he pointed out, adding lamely, "You had various things that people said on the stump." For this White House, George Allen's disaster counts as a bright spot...