Campaigns & Elections articles from September 2001

Campaigns & Elections archives from September 2001

Let my people go!(evaluation of the electoral system)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Candidates surveyed were nearly unanimous in expressing a strong. deep-seated desire to increase the intellectual integrity of the political system. They want to engage each other, and the voters, in serious discussion of issues that matter in...

Where Hispanic Voters Stand.(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2001... President George Bush does much better among Hispanic voters than do congressional Republicans, according to a recent poll of 1,000 Hispanic adults conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, a Republican survey firm. The poll found that 47...

Tennessee Waltz.(congressional candidates and elections)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Political rumors are rife throughout the state of Tennessee, with potential candidates dancing around one another, waiting for openings. First, there's the matter of Republican Sen. Fred Thompson. Word on the street is that Thompson, who...

In New Jersey, They Call It Economic Development.(political financial contributions of Senator Jon Corzine)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine (D), who was elected last year by spending a record-breaking $63 million on his campaign, is at it again. He has recently poured $700,000 of his personal fortune into a new political-action committee run by a former...

Politics, Chicago Style.(Illinois, congressional and gubernatorial candidates)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... There are candidate announcements. And then there are candidate announcements. Take the recent announcement by U.S. Rep. Rod R. Blagojevich, 44, launching his candidacy for governor of Illinois. It was made on a Sunday, outside a Chicago...

Former Guy to Run for State House?(former Arizona Governor Fife Symington)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington (R), who resigned his office in 1997 after a conviction for using false financial statements to obtain several loans, is considering a run for the state House of Representatives next year. After an appeals...

Art Imitating Life?(evaluation of the novel "Access to Power")(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... A young woman is dumped into the Potomac. A politician strains to hold onto power. D.C. police find a dead political consultant on the floor of his Capitol Hill office. It just doesn't get any better than this! Robert Ellis's new political...

Ralph, Rising Again?(Ralph Nadar)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Ralph Nader, who ran as the Green Party candidate for President last year, has formed a new organization which he calls Democracy Rising. The populist consumer advocate is sponsoring a series of rallies across the nation that his supporters...

PEOPLE & ORGANIZATIONS.(political consultant and organization news)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... NEW JOBS: Sonny Scott has joined the Republican media firm Russo, Marsh & Copsey as partner, and the firm is re-named Russo, Marsh, Copsey & Scott. Scott comes from the National Republican congressional Committee, where he worked on...

CAREER PATHS: HOW THEY GOT WHERE THEY ARE.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Charlie Norwood Member of Congress 10th District, Georgia Republican A tobacco-chewing, duck-hunting fisherman with a strong Southern drawl, Norwood is also a dentist, whose preparation for Congress was running his own small...

The Future of the Online Campaign: Participation.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Any candidate worth his salt now adds an online component to his political holster of bumper stickers, yard signs, direct mail, advertising, grassroots organizing, phone banks, fund-raisers and more. Most, however, still don't use the...

Message from the Membership Chairman.
September 1, 2001... Political campaigns have become big business over the past 20 years. Even in the Northwest, I find political campaign managers looking to experts from "out of state" rather than locally to run their campaigns. Several years ago I found a...

AAPC is Starting a Mid-West Chanter.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The AAPC has established a Mid-Atlantic Chapter and a California Chapter, and now, we are starting a Mid-West Chapter. On October 4, 2001 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, Illinois, the AAPC will hold its first meeting/reception of the Mid-West...

Elections to Open Seats in the US. House: Where the Action Is.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Elections to Open Seats in the US. House: Where the Action Is, by Ronald Keith Caddie and Charles S. Bullock III, Romman & Littlefield, 237 pages. Explains why open seat contests are the most important in congressional elections. Looks at...

Why the White Working Class Still Matters.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Why the White Working Class Still Matters, by Rex Teixeira and Joel Rogers, Basic Books, 215 pages. Claims that white working-class men and women, who make up 55 percent of the voting population, are the forgotten majority in American...

Selling the President: 1920; Albert D. Lasker, Advertising, and the Election of Warren G. Harding.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Selling the President: 1920; Albert D. Lasker, Advertising, and the Election of Warren G. Harding, by John A. Morello, Praeger, 112 pages. Cites the work of ad man Lasker as being highly significant in Harding's 1920 landslide election to...

Chaotic Elections! A Mathematician Looks at Voting.(Review)
September 1, 2001... Chaotic Elections! A Mathematician Looks at Voting, by Donald Saari, American Mathematical Society, 159 pages. Analyzes the 2000 election in terms of how mathematics can help identify a disturbingly large number of problems in various...

MOVERS & SHAKERS.(political consultants Howard Wolfson and Michael McElwain)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Howard Wolfson Executive Director, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Career Background Started out on the Hill in 1992 as a press secretary to US. Rep. Jim Jontz. Worked for U.S. Reps. Bob Filner and Bob Matsui before...

What Candidates Say About Campaigning.
September 1, 2001... MARK WATTS Challenging stereotypes about the people who run for public office in America MONEY, POLITICAL consultants and the media all play significant roles in the success or failure of an American political campaign. These three...

The Zest to Serve and the Opportunity to Engage.(interviews with former political candidates)
September 1, 2001... Candidates, like many voters, are frustrated with the current campaign system in more ways than one THE FOLLOWING conclusions about the political campaign process were reached after conducting three focus groups and personal interviews with...

Playing Catch-Up.(Mark Steven Kirk's successful campaign for Congress)
September 1, 2001... How Mark Steven Kirk started a race for Congress with little money, the right credentials and a well-placed endorsement - and won a hard-fought victory IN OCTOBER 1999, Mark Steven Kirk was working as counsel to the House International...

CANDIDATE.(Jay Katzen uses World Wide Web in his campaign for governor of Virginia)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... JAY KATZEN FOR VIRGINIA IT. GOVERNOR www.jaykatzen.com JAY KATZEN, a Republican running for lieutenant governor in Virginia this year, does a good job of integrating his campaign's strategic goals with his Web site. He also has an...

ADVOCACY.(www.taxrebatepledge.org web site asks visitors to donate tax rebate checks to anti-George W. Bush political organizations)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... TAX REBATE PLEDGE www.taxrebatepledge.org TAXREBATEPLEDGE.ORG makes its mission clear at the top of the page: to "Fund the Fight Against Bush and His Agenda." The site - created by educational site designer Anthony Adams of...

Your campaign and their privacy, Part II.(keeping information on political donors private)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... A privacy policy must draw defensive as well as offensive lines. People want to be assured that your campaign has taken every practical step to prevent theft of the information they give you. CAMPAIGNS USING the Internet need privacy...

2002 Governor's Campaigns: Early Grassroots Organizing.
September 1, 2001... IN THE EARLY STAGES of campaigning, grassroots organizing is essential. As the campaigns of 2002 begin to get off the ground, candidate Web sites should include ways to mobilize supporters. A look at gubernatorial Web sites - those that are up...

Broadband Internet Access.(for political consultants)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... If you use the Web only occasionally, you probably don't need a high-speed modem. But if you regularly use it for daily opposition or issues research in your campaign or political committee, you'll count your lucky megabits the day you get...

Planning Your TV Ads: The Pre-Production Process.
September 1, 2001... Puffing in the needed time on pre-production not only saves time and money on TV spot production, but lowers the stress levels of everyone involved and certainly increases the potential of getting the shots you need with the looks you want. ...

AS MAINE GOES.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... www.asmainegoes.com ACTIVE DISCUSSION boards are always an indicator of a good Web site. Too many times, we see chat rooms or question-and-answer "sessions" that sit empty, or visitor posts that go unanswered. On "As Maine Goes," at...

Lawmakers or the people: Who is better informed?(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... When I go to the polls and see a ballot question I am uncertain about or can't fully understand -- I vote no. I would rather maintain the status quo than vote for a law that I don't fully understand. I WILL BE THE FIRST TO say that the...

MEDIA MIX.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... CANDIDATE HEAD--ON TV SPOTS -- BEATING INCUMBENTS: All three ads were used by successful Senate challengers in 2000 against incumbents. All three use the candidate speaking into the camera. The first spot was produced for Delaware Gov. Tom...

Tapping successors, e-mail security balancing the slate.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... ALSO: How can I help my candidate work the room? I work for the mayor of a small city of under 100,000 who cannot run again because of term limits. She would like to build on this legacy, and one way she thinks we can do this is by deciding...

OFF THE RECORD.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... "He who slings mud, generally loses ground." Adlai Stevenson "Former Vice President Al Gore has grown a beard.... He didn't want to grow a beard. It's just after he lost to George Bush, his doctors took away any sharp objects." ...

PARTY.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE: ANTI-REPUBLICAN SITES www.100daysofbush.com www.grandoldpetroleum.com www.saveoursecurity.org FINDING themselves on the defensive after the 2000 elections, Democrats are now using the Internet to...