Campaigns & Elections articles from February 2002

Campaigns & Elections archives from February 2002

Ups, downs of presidential popularity. (On the Record).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... PRESIDENT BUSH'S popularity ratings have broken all records since September 11, and remain in polling Nirvana to this day But how long will this situation last? Looking at the history of presidential approval polls since 1938, when the...

Post-Sept. 11 Politics. (Inside Politics).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania and The Alliance for Better Campaigns hosted a symposium on Nov. 12 that examined "the new political order" of Sept. 11 and how that affected the 2001 elections. Among the...

34th World IAPC conference in Malta. (Inside Politics).(International Association of Political Consultants)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Running an international conference anywhere in the world in the aftermath of Sept. 11 is a thankless task revolving around what could be called cancellation management! But with the redoubtable Jimmy Magro in charge, the International...

E-Balloting debate. (Inside Politics).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... As the elections of 2002 approach, states are buying new equipment many of them trying to avoid ballot counting problems like those of election 2000. And a recent study conducted by the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of...

After 9/11: Got big Chutzpah? (Inside Politics).(politics after the terrorist attack)
February 1, 2002... Well, there is one way we can say with certainty that the horrific events of 9/11 have changed American politics (at least in the short term). The attacks, which struck at the very heart and soul of this nation, have pumped politicians chock...

NYC giving big. (Inside Politics).(campaign contributions)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The most generous metro area in the 2000 election cycle was New York City, according to "The Big Picture" -- a comprehensive study of the numbers behind the 2000 elections by the Center for Responsive Politics. The total contributions to...

Who'd have thunk? (Inside Politics).(collecting voting machines)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Palm Beach County's infamous Votomatics, the voting machines at the heart of the 2000 presidential election debacle, seem to be more popular with collectors than they were with voters. According to the Associated Press, an Internet auction...

Correction.
February 1, 2002... In the December/January issue of C&E, Jason Stanford, who wrote the opposition research article, "Balancing Discretion and Glasnost," was identified incorrectly as the president of the Stanford Institute. Mr. Stanford is the president of...

People & Organizations.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... CAMPAIGN MOVEMENTS: Josh Isay, Democratic media consultant and veteran of Sen. Charles Schumer's successful 1998 senatorial campaign, has joined the New York gubernatorial campaign of former HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo. Most recently, Isay...

How they got where they are. (Career Paths).(politicians)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Paul Wellstone U.S. Senator Minnesota, Democrat A political science professor at Carleton College for more than two decades, Wellstone gained visibility as a co-chairman of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign in...

The Votes That Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election. (Books).
February 1, 2002... The Votes That Counted: How the Court Decided the 2000 Presidential Election, by Howard Gillman, University of Chicago Press, 301 pages. Looks at the the landmark court case that ultimately resulted in George W. Bush's election as President...

A User's guide to campaign finance reform. (Books).
February 1, 2002... A User's Guide to Campaign Finance Reform, edited by Gerald Lubenow, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 158 pages. Dissects the campaign reform issue. Ten writers provide perspectives on a variety of aspects: history of political finance; the...

The Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy, The Great Crises. (Books).
February 1, 2002... The Presidential Recordings: John F. Kennedy, the Great Crises, edited by Timothy Naftali, Philip Zelikow and Ernest May, W.W. Norton and Company. Three volumes and CD-ROM; Vol. I, July 30-August 1962, 691 pages; Vol. II, Sept.-Oct. 21, 1962,...

Movers & Shakers.(Rex Elsass)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... Rex Elsass President of The Strategy Group for Media, a Columbus, Ohio-based Republican media firm Career Background Founded Strategy Group for Media in 1994. An award-winning producer and director. Served as executive director of...

2002 outlook: Democratic state parties. (Special Report).
February 1, 2002... Like the Republicans, Democrats say grassroots organizing is their priority for 2002. However, Democrats spend more of their grassroots-mobilizing time talking to organized constituencies and overseeing coordinated campaigns. A DOZEN YEARS...

Mobilizing labor: Using phones and targeted messages to elect Seattle's mayor. (Political Adviser).
February 1, 2002... When the King County Labor Council found its candidate trailing in the final days of the local election, it swung into action and decided to do whatever it could to get its members to the polls. WHEN GET-OUT-THE-VOTE is done well, it moves...

Election day TNT: Using legal teams to protect voter rights; The main lesson learned from the statewide Legal Committee's efforts was that individuals with legal backgrounds at the polls aid in addressing voting issues. (Political Adviser).
February 1, 2002... WHILE FLORIDA in 2000 was not the first time a "tied" election required a recount, the enormous impact of such a small number of votes opened the eyes of the nation to the need to revise the voting system. Curative steps have included the...

Gale force win: How neighborhood activist R.T. Rybak's unconventional campaign toppled the mayor of Minneapolis. (Case Study).
February 1, 2002... Democrat R.T. Rybak's grassroots campaign, which hired no consultants and took no money from companies that did business with the city, defeated two-term Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton, the only black woman to lead a major U.S. city, by a margin of...

In Houston, a joker in the mayoral deck: Political consultants who work for candidates in both parties routinely decry the use of race as an issue to mobilize voters. (The Political Professional).
February 1, 2002... IN AMERICAN POLITICS, race has replaced patriotism as the last refugee of scoundrels. Or perhaps it has become, as writer Ambrose Bierce might have observed, the first. Time after time, the infamous race card is thrown down as a gauntlet...

Active loyalty: The key to membership building. (Political Adviser).
February 1, 2002... Members who are "active loyalists" will help your association succeed. In gearing up for the '02 campaign season, great associations wisely look at themselves first to prepare for the road ahead. NO MATTER what the issue or industry,...

Public service. (Site of the Month).(money and politics)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... THE VIRGINIA PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECT www.vpap.org THE VIRGINIA Public Access Project -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to "demonstrate how computer technology can improve public knowledge about the role of money in...

Sorting through constituent mail. (The Online Campaigner).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The problem with constituent mail is not the volume that the Internet facilitates. Instead, it's a problem of disorganization: e-mail - and for that matter, the snail mail - is not being sorted properly. MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS and other...

Democratic state party sites: Message and strategy. (Clicks & Picks).
February 1, 2002... JUST LIKE THE REPUBLICAN state party Web sites we reviewed last issue, the Democratic sites have shown remarkable improvement in the last year. However, some sites still stand out as superior to the others in the way they have integrated all of...

Spreading out and digging in christian conservatives and state republican parties. (Special Study Feature).
February 1, 2002... On balance, the perceived influence of Christian conservatives in state Republican parties has expanded since 1994, with gains in 15 states and declines in eight. ONE OF THE PUZZLES OF the 2000 election is the role of Christian...

Attack ads. (Media Mix).(political advertising)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... These three ads, produced by GOP consulting firm The Strategy Group for Media, use a variety of techniques to land campaign attacks. The spot for Teater uses a moving truck to dramatize a political point. The ad for Tiberi in Ohio, who won his...

TV production: Trends, tone and technology. (Strategy & Tactics TV Production).(Interview)
February 1, 2002... Political media consultants Brad Lawrence of the Democratic firm Message & Media and Adam Geller, of the Republican firm Jamestown Associates, offer their insights on the latest strategies and techniques being used in political TV production....

Questionable gifts; defining express advocacy; judicial campaigning: Also: Winning school bond campaigns on the rebound. (Campaign Doctor).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... We're looking into a local official who has accused one of his opponents of trying to "buy" the county council by donating $1,500 to a charity that one of the council members is president of. The same local official who made this accusation...

Off the record.
February 1, 2002... "A company in Worcester, Massachusetts has made history by being the first ever to clone human beings. They are cloning human beings in Massachusetts? You know what this means? More Kennedys." --Jay Leno "People are wondering what will...

2nd annual AAPC golf tournament. (AAPC News).(Brief Article)
February 1, 2002... The American Association of Political Consultants is meeting in beautiful San Diego, California, March 21-23, for their biannual Public Affairs Pollie Awards and Conference. On Thursday, March 21, the AAPC is hosting a golf tournament at the...