By Denis Campbell
The Bush countdown calendar’s down to its last sheet. 385 pages gone. It’s been almost 2-years since that freezing day Obama announced his candidacy on the Illinois Statehouse steps. We are more than halfway through a positively giddy festival of a celebration weekend. Thousands are milling about the Washington DC Mall just wanting [...]
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T-Minus 1-Day to Regime Change
Posted on 19 January 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: Bush countdown calendar, FOX, Inauguration, McCain, obama
Shrewdness, Thy Name is Barack
Posted on 16 January 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: a highly respected US Constitutional law scholar, Addington, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, already learned to let others around him do the heavy p, Ashcroft, asked definitively by Chairman Patrick Leahy if waterbo, asserting that there is no ambiguity here, astonishing bit of testimony, Attorney General designate Eric Holder’s confirmation h, Bush, cement his legacy as a bipartisan maverick, Cheney, complete hurricane thinking he will do nothing, Conspicuously absent from the invitation list, could fill as a result, Denis Campbell, don’t plan on any international travel gentlemen, end partisan gridlock, Feith, for anything and anyone related to any torture inquiry, former running mate, General Pinochet about his trip to a London hospital en, Genius, Gonzalez, he replied “yes, headline Lamey Whinehouse, his Administration “would not conduct torture”, his silence misdirects the left, honoured at a dinner tonight hosted by Barack Obama, introduced by his longtime Senate friend and colleague, Jail cells, John Stewart, Jonathan Turley, keeps your hands clean, letting others carry the torture debate so he can hones, Libby, many in the media pundit pack assume his Administration, many more to come, marginalises, may go freely within the borders of the USA, McCain, Monday’s news out of Washington contains a long list of, MSNBC commentator, Mukasey, not directly answering questions about Bush Administrat, not tainted John McCain, obama, on video tape saying they did authorise torture, POTUS after 3-years in the Senate without making shrewd, public pronouncements now seem a clever smokescreen, public self-destruction, pursue torturers and granting them no safe haven from i, reached across the aisle, reiterated his determination to sign an executive order, Rumsfeld, Sarah how can we miss you if you won’t go away?, separating John McCain’s political legacy from the ‘Was, Shrewdness Thy Name is Barack, The chief legal officer of the USA is on record saying, The Daily Show, The Hague, the highest in the land “get out of jail free” card the, they have no choice but to prosecute, They will open the door, three previous Attorneys General (Mukasey – the current, Torture is a globally recognised war crime, unequivocal claim two days, US key signatory to several treaties, very public snub by President-elect Obama, very shrewd move Barry, waiting for the political wind to gather enough steam, waterboarding is torture”
By Denis Campbell
One does not become POTUS after 3-years in the Senate without making shrewd moves. These two are genius: separating John McCain’s political legacy from the ‘Wasilla Hillbilly’ and letting others carry the torture debate so he can honestly say he has no choice but to pursue prosecution of highest Bush officials for war [...]
GOP Steals 7-Million Obama Votes; AG Mukasey Looks Other Way
Posted on 23 December 2008 by Charley James | Comments (1) | Tags: along with keep the nation from total economic collapse, Charley James, confirmed to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, cost the President-elect up to seven million votes, enough to put a few more states in his column, Extensive GOP Manipulation, Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election &am, GOP Steals 7-Million Obama Votes, GOP was working hard nationally to keep the fight from, House and state elections, informed by field offices of a potential voting rights, Loser Take All: Election Fraud and the Subversion of De, lost the presidential election only because the Obama l, Mark Crispin Miller, McCain, Mukasey is as much a Bush and Cheney flunky as Gonzales, Mukasey Looks Other Way, Perverting Justice, possibly kept down ballot Democrats from winning Senate, professor of media culture and communication at New Yor, Republican Party developed a carefully planned and coor, they know the election is lost in a fair fight, Three independent sources inside the Justice Dept all c
by Charley James
John McCain lost the presidential election only because the Obama landslide was greater than Republican operatives anticipated and local GOP apparatchiks weren’t vigilant enough in preventing legitimate voters from casting ballots. And when informed by field offices of a potential voting rights problem, Attorney General Michael Mukasey reportedly chose not to do anything.
Did John McCain Lose Arizona?
Posted on 23 December 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (2) | Tags: 14 days after the election, an unbroken custody chain, AUDITAZ, banana republic state, battling election authorities in Pima County, but John McCain’s state and home county need not follow, California turn blue, citizen warrior, colorado, comfortably won his home state by about 9 percentage po, conspicuously red, County Manager is distancing himself from the justifiab, December 2nd, Denis Campbell, Did John McCain Lose Arizona, did not follow election law, do not have all ballots counted in Alaska, elections director, elections security expert with BlackBoxVoting.org, ensure ballot integrity, Georgia run-off election, Helen Purcell, Humboldt County CA|, Jim March, John Brakey is as passionate as they come, Judge Edward O. Burke, Libertarian Party, mandatory recount, Maricopa County (Phoenix), McCain, McCain won Phoenix, Minnesota Senate race, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, obama, problems in Tucson’s Pima County, public-private cooperative effort, razor close Senate race, Republican Presidential candidate represent, ruled against them, since 1996, so many states surrounding Arizona, Tucson, work has uncovered major systemic problems with Diebold, work tirelessly for election transparency and integrity
by Denis Campbell
(Reprise of 18 November Article) While Maricopa County (Phoenix) Judge Edward O. Burke agreed with the state’s Libertarian Party that county elections director, Karen Osborne, did not follow election law, ensure ballot integrity and provide an unbroken custody chain, he ruled against them saying, “in a county the size the size of Maricopa, perfect [...]
Obama Almost Elected US President
Posted on 16 December 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 000 more votes than George Bush but lost the Electoral, 14-days later Obama will take the oath of office at Noo, 156 “faithless” Electors, 1st Monday following the 2nd Wednesday in December (I k, 2000 election, 27 in Florida, 3 in the District of Columbia, 538 state electors met in Capitol buildings across the, 55 people in CA, Alabama, Arizona Senator, awarding Florida and its 27 Electoral Votes to George B, Barack H. Obama, BBC, certifies the elector result, compromise was to set up an Electoral College system th, controversial mechanism of presidential elections, country obsessed with Mondays (Supreme Court meets for, created by the framers of the U.S. Constitution 220 yea, Democrat Al Gore received 538, Denis Campbell, electors in Tennessee, in Presidential election years this is the date when th, Johnny Carson speaking as Karnac the Magnificent, mandated by the Election Day result, McCain, not be officially elected 44th President until the 111t, obama, Obama Almost Elected US President, officially cast their one vote, only true check and balance for smaller states to ensur, others objected to giving Congress or a ruling party th, purely popular election was too “reckless”, source of great frustration, South Carolina, swears in its new members, The Electoral College, two elections now in the bag that would be the end of i, United States Supreme Court ordered a halt to the Flori, US electoral system, voted against the wishes of the voters, votes are then sealed and sent to the president of the, you would be wrong there ballot box breath
By Denis Campbell
Say what? After spending much of this year explaining the US electoral system for BBC listeners and viewers, this headline could cause coffee to spurt out of some noses in the UK. What do you mean almost? Will it ever end?
Yesterday was the 1st Monday following the 2nd Wednesday in December (I kid [...]
Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove
Posted on 07 December 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 000 seniors applied last year for 500 placements, 000 teachers in twenty states over 10-years, 18, 3rd Presidential debate, Adrian Malik Fenty, American Federation of Teachers, arriving unannounced and unsupported to inspect schools, bloated administrations, Chancellor of the Washington DC Public School system, closed 21-schools, Columbia University, created by Wendy Kopp, Denis Campbell, District’s youthful new mayor, fired 11% of the bureaucrats, hates waste, high-powered fans, in 1997 she founded the New Teacher Project, inefficiency, Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove, knows how badly the system was broken, Masters in Public Policy from Harvard’s prestigious Ken, McCain, Michelle Rhee, Ms Rhee’s parents emigrated to the US from Korea in 196, nation’s most promising future leaders commit to teach, NBC News, no-nonsense administrator bringing controversial method, obama, parents and the community have “been cut out of DC Scho, Parents United for DC Schools, quite scared, raised in a DC rowhouse, recruiting 10, sacked 270-teachers she deemed under-performers, scorched earth, shaking up the HQ culture, tipped public education on its end, wants DC public schools to raise expectation levels, Washington DC, £36, “has her back”, “Teach for America”
By Denis Campbell
As Chancellor of the Washington DC Public School system, Michelle Rhee, 38, has tipped public education on its end in Washington, DC gaining a lot of high-powered fans and a few enemies. She was an unwitting reference during the 3rd Presidential debate as John McCain and Barack Obama disagreed on whether or not [...]
Let Get Ready to Ruummbblleee!
Posted on 12 November 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (2) | Tags: 04 November electoral finish line was known for years i, 22-month campaign cycle, a man with the rumpled but somewhat pitiable if not lov, both parties, British politics are even bloodier than in the US, Brits think he is the steadier hand, called out, Cambridge, Conservative Party, could reverse this tide and win, David Cameron, David Cameron already has a transition team together fo, day after elections, Denis Campbell, element of surprise, Eton, Gordon Brown, have tea with Her Majesty, heavy underdog, highly entertaining, House of Parliament’s Prime Minister’s Question Time, I love my job, If you liked the US election, Joe Biden, keep his mouth shut, leading us capably through the credit crisis, least photogenic man on the Isles, Les Miserables, Let Get Ready to Rumble, London Mayor Boris Johnson, London’s West End, May 2010, McCain, Missouri, my Electoral Vote prediction in the US general election, not this 75-day transition period, not yet ready to make a prediction, obama, only one state missed, Palin went from front-runner to cocktail joke faster th, PM Brown can dissolve Parliament at any moment, PM Brown turns the economy around, polls favour Mr. Cameron, pre-measuring the White House drapes, pride of British public schools, Prime Minister, Sarah Palin, seize the spotlight, she calls for elections, the man you would least likely want to have a pint with, The Mousetrap, the once and future PM in waiting, Tony Blair's Chancellor, Tories Leader, unfortunately following a legend in his own mind, viewed as a steady hand on the tiller, who never met a camera he didn’t like or a group he cou, whose one great speech 4-years ago he hopes will lead h, Wicked, with possibly the most distractingly smarmy and sing-so, you’re gonna love the upcoming steel cage PPV match in
By Denis Campbell
If you liked the US election, you’re gonna love the upcoming PPV steel cage match in the planet’s greatest political theatre. Steps away from London’s West End houses offering titles: Wicked, Les Miserables and The Mousetrap, the House of Parliament’s Prime Minister’s Question Time should be highly entertaining as both parties attempt to [...]
Obama’s Best Practices
Posted on 08 November 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 8-second clip of the day, ability to look ahead and see over the horizon, Adams to Roosevelt, almost flawless campaign, appearances, at worst political suicide, barely in the US Senate, BBC, best practices, Blackberries, book on the business and political lessons of last 22-m, bring them across the finish line together, British public will be as demanding, Brown, build and run a campaign, Bush 41, Bush 43, Cameron, campaign never suffered from an over-zealous volunteer, campaign was about the candidate, campaign was always about the voter (the customer), can and will candidates here resist the tendency (egged, Central Party message and campaign control is forever d, character, Clegg, Clinton (Hillary) 44, Clinton 42, Communication was two-way, complete repudiation of past campaigns, controlled our own information spigot, cornerstones of virtual communities, customer (voter)-focused, David Axelrod, David Plouffe, decentralised, decisions, Denis Campbell, dozens of simple lessons, early stages, everyone can and indeed should learn and apply, Facebook, fait accompli, focus, fully engage, grossly over-used term, her election victory lap, Hillary and Bill, Historic Campaign, how to better embrace them, indeed rejected the ending resoundingly, information in the hands of those who needed it most, iphones, journalist and businessman, just as ripe as Hillary Clinton, lecture series, Lessons Learned, McCain, mistakes and mis-statements were made, most informed electorate in history, MySpace, NBC, next: execution execution execution, numerous practical and specific lessons to be learned, obama, Obama Articulated and Stuck to a Clear Vision, Obama for America, Obama’s Best Practices, Obama’s business and leadership lessons, open Congressional seat, over-reaching and assumption, political dynastic families, President-elect Obama, pure business venture, quietly working on transition issues months before anyo, quixotic at best, ranked 9th on the Inc. Magazine list of growing entrepr, re-assertion of their power and rise, refusing to blindly accept empty platitudes or negative, responsive business, results results results… universal yardsticks for measu, RSS/XML feed readers, ruled, sea change, see all candidates’ full speeches, Smashed the Pyramid, spirited, steely determination, taking on the vaunted Clinton machine, team in place, Team Obama placed news, technological cornucopia, temperament, textbook example, the American people pressed both candidates to answer q, the bar is raised, The Obama Team’s Winning Best Practices, Tory, town hall meetings, transformed election and electorate, trusted their supporters to run with the ball, trying to survive rebuild and thrive during a global re, Twitter, two years prior suffered a bruising defeat, UK will shortly experience, universally applied, We forgot to read the script, we the people, websites were more than billboards, Welcome to 2008, Whether running a political leadership campaign, will become a continuing series, YouTube, zero-defect, ¾ of a billion dollar business
Lessons Learned from an Historic Campaign (Part One)
By Denis Campbell
In the early stages, Barack Obama’s Presidential quest was called quixotic at best and at worst political suicide. Here was a man barely in the US Senate who had just two years prior suffered a bruising defeat for an open Congressional seat and here he was [...]
One Final, Desperate Smear
Posted on 02 November 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: 72 hours left in the campaign, Charley James, CNN Friday, distinguished professor of Arab studies at Columbia, Khalidi once taught at the University of Chicago where, Khalidi was simply an outside adviser to the Palestinia, link Barack Obama to "unrepentant domestic terrorist" B, McCain, McCain team is slandering a thoughtful and respectable, McCain’s shameless and utterly unrepentant flack Michae, new smear, obama, One Final Desperate Smear, Palestinian Rashid Khalidi, Resurrecting Empire, Rick Sanchez asked
by Charley James
With 72 hours left in the campaign, the McCain brain trust finally recognizes that its effort to link Barack Obama to “unrepentant domestic terrorist” Bill Ayers is having as much of an impact on voters as the “experience” argument.
So it is trying trotting out a new smear.
It is blasting Obama for consorting with [...]
Stop The Presses!
Posted on 01 November 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: A deal is a deal, accused the Times of “intentionally suppressing informa, as part of a vast left-wing conspiracy, Bill Sammon, deliberate oversimplification, deputy managing editor of FOX News’s Washington bureau, Even Fox Agrees With The Times!, even if it’s a dumb deal, had LA Times reporter Peter Wallsten who wrote story ba, Los Angeles Times, McCain, Michael Goldfarb, Much Ado About Nothing, obama, portray the press as liberal puppets of Barack Obama, previously-discredited spokesman, refusal to release a videotape of the senator at a fare, sources would have good reason to question his trustwor, Stop The Presse, the Palestinian scholar and advocate
by Charley James
The McCain campaign’s latest attempt to portray the press as liberal puppets of Barack Obama — by painting the Los Angeles Times’s refusal to release a videotape of the senator at a farewell dinner in 2003 for Rashid Khalidi, the Palestinian scholar and advocate, as part of a vast left-wing conspiracy — is [...]
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