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(s)Elections See other (s)Elections Articles Title: Analysis: New tone in Democratic race http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080119/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_dems_analysis_2;_ylt=Ap.2LbtapScmljSmsd4VMMNh24cA Understand this; this is serious business. Not the electioneering; that is a done deal. Polling is what is serious business. How so? Because 'they' use the poll information to shape what needs to be said by each talking head in the election. What?! Were you under the mistaken 'belief' that, somehow, the candidates are separate and equal contestants?! Nothing could be further from the truth. Each participant has a handler that coordinates the correct message to go out. If they begin to deviate from that message, then the national coverage/free TV advertising dries up. This coordinated message is used to prepare the masses for the 'correct outcome.' Now, do I have any proof of this? No, and I do not need any, because I can watch and observe what is going on and it is not difficult to draw the correct conclusions from the observed reactions of people to the debates/news/polls/sound bites of the so-called leading candidates. And how those candidates are brought forth, built-up/cast aside as the truly annointed begin to take their appointed spot in the 'greatest-show-on-earth.' These observations include the people in 4um, where reality is beginning to sink in, after, once again, another just-one-more-election-can-change-everything charade. Has anyone ever explained insanity to you? You know, constantly repeating an action and expecting, each and every time the action is faithfully reproduced, to get a different outcome? 36 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Forget the coded messages, the oblique attacks, the indirect putdowns. When it came to courting Nevada voters, the Democratic presidential candidates had a brawl. The week leading to the Nevada caucuses was one of the most contentious in the Democratic contest so far. The three Democratic candidates head to South Carolina, which holds its primary Jan. 26, with no sign the race will turn genteel in the South. Backers of Hillary Rodham Clinton went to court in an unsuccessful effort to block special precinct caucuses seen as beneficial to Barack Obama. Clinton herself then charged that Obama wasn't steadfast enough against a Nevada nuclear waste site. Obama backers ran a Spanish language ad calling Clinton "shameless" and said the New York senator "does not respect our people." Then Obama did a Vegas style standup routine that skewered her and got laughs to boot. Pushed to the front of the presidential calendar by the Democratic National Committee, Nevada was the Democrats' opportunity to tend to a different voting bloc. After competing in white, homogenous Iowa and New Hampshire, Nevada offered a chance to change focus and pay heed to Latino voters, a growing population in the state. That would then lead to South Carolina and its large number of black voters. Along the way, the outreach turned sour. Clinton, trying to make a point about presidential leadership, said it took President Lyndon Johnson to pass civil right legislation envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr. Obama said the remark suggested to some that Clinton was diminishing King's historic role. Clinton backer and BET founder Robert Johnson implied that while the Clintons were actively involved in civil rights, Obama was experimenting with drugs and other youthful indiscretions. During a debate Tuesday in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Clinton and Obama called for a truce on the subject of race. While that bit of peace held, the campaigns let loose on other fronts. Late in the week, a federal judge rejected efforts by Clinton backers to halt the use of special precincts to help casino employees caucus along the Las Vegas Strip. Many of the workers are members of the Culinary Workers Union, which backed Obama. But the judge's ruling did not come soon enough. The union had already fired back, airing an ad in Spanish that denounced Clinton and said "she does not respect our people." Those were tough words in a contest that was supposed to let the Democratic Party embrace Latino voters, not drive a wedge through them. Obama, urged by Clinton and Edwards to denounce the ad, did not. Now comes South Carolina, no stranger itself to fight night politics. ___ Editor's Note: Jim Kuhnhenn has been covering politics in Washington for more than 14 years. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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