Political Equinox

This post is a part of Blog Action Day 2008, which attempts to change the conversation for one day to an important subject that affects our world. In 2008, that subject is poverty.

Every 3.5 Seconds…

…a person somewhere around the world dies of hunger. That adds up to more than 25,000 people every year, that like killing the entire crowd at the Wizards stadium for 2 weeks. However, hunger is not the real core problem here, it is simply the symptom. We’ve got to hit the root cause, which happens to be poverty.

There are plenty of great organizations around the world already doing this and I think it’s best left …

Tags: money, tution, web, wizards

Professor Charles Franklin from the University of Wisconsin lectured at Indiana University on Tuesday, September 30. Franklin is the Co-Director of Pollster.com, a website that tracks presidential polling and aggregates data from a variety of polling sources.

Franklin states two criteria for effective display of data on Pollster. First, the data must be “put in perspective.” You can’t spin the data attempting to turn it into som

ething that it doesn’t say. Second, there should be “No cherry picking.” Franklin emphasized that you cannot select certain polls to include in your aggregation to bias results in one direction. If you do this then you’ve eliminated the entire worth of the …

Tags: America, Barack Obama, candidate, economy, IRS, John McCain, money, obama, president, web

America hasn’t seen a marketing machine similar to the Obama campaign for President in years (if ever), and I would be awful surprised if this well-oiled machine didn’t pull out a victory in November.

While Barack Obama is an exciting person, it is his campaigns unmatched ability to implement an excellent marketing strategy that revolves around creating energy and brand recognition.

Branding

Obama has rolled out the most comprehensive branding strategy of any presidential candidate ever, find me someone who has done a better job and I’ll show you how Obama tops it. No candidate has ever put out a stronger message to America through slogans, logos, websites, and literature.

The branding …

Tags: America, Barack Obama, Branding, candidate, Charlie Gibson, Illinois, Internet, IRS, John McCain, mccain campaign, obama, Oil, president, republican, ron paul, strategy, web

Although referencing Romeo and Juliet is incredibly trite, it nonetheless underscores an important point - it shouldn’t matter in picking the leader of our country. In politics it helps if your name is Bush, Roosevelt, Kennedy or Rockefeller or is alliterative (Ronald Reagan, Hannibal Hamlin etc). But unless your shtick is railing against elite political families or hating repetitive letters and sounds, names usually do not have a negative affect on a politician.

Enter the 2008 presidential race. Although the McCain camp has done a good job denouncing the practice, some of his supporters have selectively chosen to insert Senator Obama’s middle …

Tags: Bush, candidate, Hussein, Kennedy, New York Times, obama, president, Rockefeller, Romeo and Juliet, web

Mike Huckabee’s website is spouting off rumors in all directions. In less that 18 hours, Huckabee’s new website will launch which brings us to three conclusions.

PAC Formation - This being the most likely option that Huckbaee is going to form a PAC, with the FairTax being the likely subject.
Telvision Show Announcement - Huckabee charmed America while running and a TV show wouldn’t surprise me, especially because he has worked in radio/tv.
Vice President Announcement - This option has about a .01% chance, but it is a remote possibility. I highly, highly, highly doubt this.

With about 70% certainty, my guess is the PAC. I’d sure like to work for …

Tags: America, FairTax, huckabee, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, president, web