Bill Thompson cuts Bloomberg's lead in half!

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Tuesday July 28, 2009 · 8:06 AM PDT

2009/07/28 · 08:06

Quinnipiac posted a new poll today on the 2009 New York City Mayoral race. The top Democratic candidate, Comptroller William Thompson, now only trails billionaire Mayor MIchael Bloomberg by 10 points. The poll shows Bloomberg leading 47-37.

Bill hasn't even released a TV ad yet but he has significantly closed the gap that had Bloomberg leading 54 - 32 percent in June. Bloomberg just keeps on spending money but losing voters.

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Tuesday July 29, 2008 · 4:52 PM PDT

2008/07/29 · 16:52

This is not a diary entry as much as it is a question that I would like people to attempt to answer.

Does anyone know why only liberal blogs and John Tester have mentioned Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana as a possible vice-presidential nominee for Barack Obama? Why haven't we heard that Schweitzer is at least being considered and vetted? The Obama vetters should at least look at Schweitzer, after all:

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Wednesday June 18, 2008 · 4:18 PM PDT

2008/06/18 · 16:18

I'm going to have to keep this one short today because I have so many things to do, my apologies. Today I'll be looking at Southern candidates besides those in Virginia.
As much as everyone hoped that Barack Obama would be able to realign the electoral map in the South this November, trends in many of the Southern states do not point that way. While African-Americans across the South (and the entire nation) will vote for Obama is tremendous numbers, most of the South remains unapologetically conservative and will most likely stay that way. Pundits and poll watchers argue that the last two Democratic presidents have been Southern and therefore it might be in Obama's best interests to choose a vice-president who could swing the South to the Democrats.

Poll

135 votes Show Results

Which of these Southerners should be Obama's running mate?

135 votes Vote Now!

Which of these Southerners should be Obama's running mate?

John Edwards

36 votes

Kathleen Sebelius

28 votes

Sam Nunn

6 votes

Al Gore

25 votes

None of the above

40 votes

Barack Obama's Running Mate Part II: The South (Virginia)

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Tuesday June 17, 2008 · 12:06 PM PDT

2008/06/17 · 12:06

I was going to put all of the diary on the Southern potential vice=presidents in one diary but there is too much so this will be a two-parter.
If there is any year for Democrats to capture Southern states then it is this one. With the Bush administration's approval rating at an all time low, Barack Obama's soaring popularity with African-Americans, and evangelicals reluctant to embrace John McCain it would seem as though Obama could walk away with at least a few Southern states in November. However this may not be the case as recent articles suggest: http://news.yahoo.com/...
Obama may be very popular with Southern blacks but he needs to attract the evangelical whites that normally vote Republican if he hopes to succeed in picking up the South. Unless Libertarian candidate Bob Barr (former ultra-conservative representative of Georgia) gains a massive boost in popularity among evangelicals and is able to split McCain's base then it is doubtful Obama will be able to capture states such as Georgia and Mississippi. Therefore some suggest that Obama should pick a running mate that could help him carry at least one Southern state.

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Which of these candidates should Obama pick as his vice=president?

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Which of these candidates should Obama pick as his vice=president?

Tim Kaine

15 votes

Jim Webb

36 votes

None of the above

60 votes

Mark Warner should run for president in 2012 or 2016

11 votes

Barack Obama's Running Mate Part I: "Experience"

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Monday June 16, 2008 · 11:35 AM PDT

2008/06/16 · 11:35

As the fight for the Democratic nomination came to a close earlier this month, people everywhere speculated as to whom Barack Obama and John McCain would choose for their vice-presidents. The campaigns got into the act as John McCain hosted a barbecue weekend with Mitt Romney, Charlie Crist, and Bobby Jindal while the Obama camp issued a list of people they were considering. Meanwhile blogs and newspapers sent out hundreds of articles on what the candidates should look for and what they should avoid.
A good example of this can be seen in The Left Anchor's series of vice-presidential profiles for Barack Obama: http://www.theleftanchor.com/...
in which likely candidates positives and negatives were dissected. Obama's choice for running mate seems to interest people so much more than McCain's because everyone believes Obama needs to satisfy so many standards.

Poll

65 votes Show Results

Should Barack Obama choose a running mate based on:

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Should Barack Obama choose a running mate based on:

Foreign policy experience

25 votes

Demographics (someone from Ohio)

4 votes

Age

0 votes

Gender

2 votes

Experience in the private sphere

1 vote

None of the above

33 votes

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Bill Thompson cuts Bloomberg's lead in half!

Why not Brian Schweitzer?

Barack Obama's Running Mate Part III: The Other South.

Barack Obama's Running Mate Part II: The South (Virginia)

Barack Obama's Running Mate Part I: "Experience"