Word: ticket
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...candidates on policy or any history of personal animosity prior to the commencement of the campaign, the sheer ferocity of the conflict by that point, in the words of Donna Brazile, may make a “dream ticket” nothing more than a “fantasy ticket.” It may be a fantasy, but the alternative scenario for Democrats is a nightmare...
...this reason, I would submit that it is not too early to discuss what a Clinton/Obama “arrangement” would look like. In my humble opinion, it should resemble the Tony Blair/Gordon Brown partnership, but without the wiggle room. Hillary at the top of the ticket but publicly committed to serving only one term. Hillary the decision-maker, but Obama given major domestic portfolios. In short, a partnership that contemplates both a woman and an African-American in the White House and Democratic dominance of the executive branch for (hopefully) the next twelve years...
Pundits make similar mistakes when they're trying to explain non-presidential elections. Why do voters ticket-split, choosing a President from one party and a Representative or Senator from another? Perhaps it's a clever way to preserve the creative tension of divided government, check the excesses of any one party and send a veiled warning to everyone in Washington that it's time for a little bipartisanship. Or perhaps people simply choose the candidates they like. Campaign managers overthink things too. Consider the time wasted in war rooms parsing the molecular difference between, say, "Ready for Change...
...Hornets insist they are trying. Weber points to the dozens of picnics and cocktail parties to which the team has flocked, a grassroots effort to connect with fans on the ground. The prices are relatively fan-friendly: the average Hornets ticket costs $31, just 60% of the NBA league average...
...Rights Watch claims to have obtained a recording made by a journalist interviewing Pakistan's Attorney General Malik Qayyum by phone. In the course of the interview, Qayyum takes a call on a second line, and urges the unidentified caller to leave Sharif's party in favor of a ticket with another, unnamed party. The transcript, in Urdu, quotes Qayyum as saying, "They will massively rig to get their own people to win. If you can get a ticket from these guys, take it." The recording is available as an audio file on the Human Rights Watch website. Qayyum denied...