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Archive for October, 2012

Obama 277, Romney 261, With An Asterisk*

You’ve seen hundreds of national and battleground state polls during this presidential campaign with a plethora of different results and projections. Even top pollsters are saying that this presidential election is unpredictable, too close to call, and possibly could result in a tie requiring the U.S. House to select the next President and the U.S. […]

October 30, 2012 in 2012 Obama-Romney Race
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Dissecting the Bitter Connecticut McMahon-Murphy U.S. Senate Race

The nasty TV ads and attacks have been going on since August in Connecticut’s 2012 U.S. Senate race. With 62% of respondents in the most recent Quinnipiac Poll claiming they have an unfavorable opinion of this bitter race, neither former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) executive and Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon nor three term Connecticut Congressman and Senate Democratic […]

October 27, 2012 in 2012 Obama-Romney Race, Connecticut U.S. Senate Race
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Efforts to Muzzle Candy Crowley Make Both Obama and Romney Teams Look Scared

Word leaked out today that both President Obama’s and Mitt Romney’s campaigns have entered into a memorandum of understanding that would attempt to restrict Candy Crowley, the moderator of Tuesday’s presidential debate, from asking follow-up questions. Obama’s and Romney’s camps must be scared if they need to try to muzzle Candy Crowley by limiting her role to […]

October 15, 2012 in 2012 Obama-Romney Race, Presidential Debates
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Vintage Joe Biden Hits a Home Run for the Team

Round Two of the four presidential and vice-presidential debates is over and we head into Round Three on Tuesday. This time President Obama and Mitt Romney will face off in a town hall meeting setting at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. After the first debate, media coverage was deluged with talk of style – how President […]

October 14, 2012 in 2012 Obama-Romney Race, Presidential Debates
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Who Won the First Presidential Debate: Romney, Obama or “Feel Good” Politics?

The prevalent view in the media today is that Romney won last night’s debate and that this might be the game changer he needs to re-invigorate his campaign and cause a bounce in his poll numbers in those all important battleground states. But is it really?? Having been involved on the inside of many campaigns, including several […]

October 4, 2012 in 2012 Obama-Romney Race, Presidential Debates
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“Gotcha” Politics for Obama and Romney in Presidential Campaign Videos

The federal government is swimming in debt, the national unemployment rate is over 8 percent, and the housing market remains anemic with only glimmers of activity. And, what is absorbing more media ink in this presidential race than a ten pound sponge? It’s the tale of the candidate videos.

October 3, 2012 in 2012 Obama-Romney Race
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