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Hola John McCain!

By seabird 316 days ago from http://www.seabirdchronicles.com

We decided to check out John McCain who came to woo voters at the Versailles restaurant in Little Havana/Miami. Why his campaign chose the particular location of the smallest room on the block is beyond me – there was only room for a handful of non-press peons such as ourselves. Jonathan was actually disappointed – he wanted to

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Frontloading HQ: 2008 Primary and Caucus Grades, Part Two

By jtputnam 177 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

Part Two in an examination of the effectiveness of the moves (and non-moves) that states made in anticipation of the 2008 primary season. Were states successful in moving their primaries and caucuses and were they more influential as a result? The first ten states alphabetically didn't fare that well in yesterday's post. T

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Frontloading HQ: A Timeline of the Florida/Michigan Impasse

By jtputnam 187 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

The Florida and Michigan frontloading in 2008 is part of the progression of the general frontloading trend. It wasn't inevitable that either state would violate the "window rule" (period within which states could hold their nominating contests) of either party. In the post-reform era, states that wanted to move, moved to dat

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Frontloading HQ: The What If Primary: Louisiana Politics Goes National

By jtputnam 177 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

This past Friday, the Macon Telegraph ran a letter to the editor calling on the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees to walk the walk now that each has talked the talk on a post-partisan approach to the presidency. I can take or leave the suggestion of having shadow cabinets or prospective shadow cabinets

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Frontloading HQ: The Long and Winding Road

By jtputnam 184 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

And here we are, five months after we started, at the conclusion of primary season. I would be remiss if I didn't mention that I have a tear in my eye at the thought. But hey, talk of states moving their delegate selection events for the 2012 cycle has already begun (Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky and Minnesota). And the

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Frontloading HQ: 2008 Primary and Caucus Grades, Part One

By jtputnam 178 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

Now that primary season is complete the movement (or non-movement) of state delegate selection events as compared to 2004 can be assessed a little better. By their nature, the nomination races in 2008 were a different animal than was the race Democratic race in 2004. Both parties had contested nominations and the Democratic rac

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Frontloading HQ: Primary Day, Part XVI (The IN & NC Edition)

By jtputnam 212 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

North Carolina and Indiana may be the last, best chance for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama to make a statement in terms of delegates before this phase of the process concludes on June 3. Of the 492 delegates from the remaining contests, today's contests in Indiana and North Carolina account for nearly half (44%). A split (Ind

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Frontloading HQ: The Links for 5/19/08: Kentucky, Oregon, Electoral College Ties and More

By jtputnam 200 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

One part look back at the caucus proceedings in Colorado, Kansas, Nevada and Washington over the weekend, where 120 Democratic national convention delegates were on the line (but sporadically reported on). Plus, one part glance forward to the primaries in Kentucky and Oregon, that could effectively end the contest for the Demo

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Frontloading HQ: 2008 Primary and Caucus Grades, Part Three

By jtputnam 175 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

Wednesday brings us to the third grouping of primary and caucus states to dissect. Yesterday's collection of states improved upon the Super Tuesday heavy group of states reviewed on Monday based in large part on the presence of Iowa and some quirky scheduling decisions in some states (notably the weekend primary in Louisiana--

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Frontloading HQ: 2008 Primary and Caucus Grades, Part Four

By jtputnam 174 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

The basic grading criteria are as follows:
1) Did the state move between 2004 and 2008?
2) Did the state change contest types (caucus to primary or vice versa)?
3) Did the state's contest influence the Democratic/Republican nomination in any significant way?
4) Was the state's contest one among many (ie: on Super Tuesday)

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Frontloading HQ: 2008 Primary and Caucus Grades, Part Five

By jtputnam 173 days ago from http://frontloading.blogspot.com

The basic grading criteria are as follows:
1) Did the state move between 2004 and 2008?
2) Did the state change contest types (caucus to primary or vice versa)?
3) Did the state's contest influence the Democratic/Republican nomination in any significant way?
4) Was the state's contest one among many (ie: on Super Tuesday)

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