Oy, It's Election Season Already
Like the great sports overlap, there's no longer a minute of rest between campaigning these days. Is starting this early really be about getting candidates ahead, or is it the business of campaigning that wants to keep the money flowing?And like sports fans political junkies are tuning in to pundits listening for the latest election handicapping. The difference being that sports handicapping is actually based on some fact.
I see Edwards is using a web site company out of New Your who's soul focus is candidates. So far their code is pretty bad, so it's obviously a new venture. Or a Microsoft wannabe.
I've created web sites that have helped candidates win local elections, but I have motels, real tors, importers and ecommerce sites to round out my offering. I tried to venture into a real estate focus but realtors at that time were much too cheap and new to the web. Now we have entire companies focusing on elections.
It would seem that elections have become a cottage industry, with major campaigns going into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
I had meant to go to John Edwards' Chapel Hill event last night, but it's a two hour drive and it sounds like these early events are a bit disorganized. I like Edwards, but the primaries are over a year away for crying out loud.
But Edwards has early press and a good support team setting up in many states. However, as William Saffire says, it's a 24 hour news cycle and they'll be looking for someone new soon, sending Edwards to the back of the line as has apparently happened to Hillary Clinton.
The Democratic primary calendar right now, subject to change as states jockey for position.
January 14, 2008 - Iowa
January 19, 2008 - Nevada
January 22, 2008 - New Hampshire
January 29, 2008 - South Carolina
February 5, 2008 - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas[2], Delaware, Missouri,
New Mexico, North Carolina, Utah, New Jersey
February 12, 2008 - District of Columbia, Tennessee, Virginia
February 19, 2008 - Wisconsin
February 26, 2008 - Hawaii, Idaho
March 2008 - American Samoa, Democrats Abroad, Guam, Michigan, Minnesota,
North Dakota, Virgin Islands, Wyoming (date to be determined)
March 4, 2008 - Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,
New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont
March 7, 2008 - Colorado
March 8, 2008 - Kansas
March 11, 2008 - Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas
March 18, 2008 - Illinois, Oregon
April 2008 - Alaska (TBD)
April 1, 2008 - Pennsylvania
May 6, 2008 - Indiana
May 13, 2008 - Nebraska, West Virginia
May 20, 2008 - Kentucky
May 27, 2008 - Washington
June 3, 2008 - Montana, South Dakota, California
The Republican Primary Calendar
January 21, 2008 - Iowa
January 28, 2008 - New Hampshire
February 2, 2008 - South Carolina
February 5, 2008 - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, West Virginia
February 5, 2008 - Florida, Michigan (unofficial)
February 12, 2008 - Tennessee
February 9 or February 16, 2008 (date to be determined) - Louisiana
February 19, 2008 - Minnesota, Wisconsin
February 26, 2008 - Virginia (unofficial)
March 4, 2008 - Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York,
Rhode Island, Ohio, Vermont
March 4, 2008 - Pennsylvania (unofficial)
March 11, 2008 - Mississippi, Texas, Washington
March 18, 2008 - Illinois
April 15, 2008 - Colorado
April 26, 2008 - Kansas, Nevada
May 2008 - Alaska
May 6, 2008 - Indiana
May 10, 2008 - Wyoming
May 13, 2008 - Nebraska
May 20, 2008 - Kentucky, Oregon
May 27, 2008 - Idaho
June 3, 2008 - South Dakota, California
June 6, 2008 - Hawaii
June 9, 2008 - Montana
And of course the big election isn't until November 4, 2008. So get those donations in now. Politicians, like tv evangelists, can never seem to get enough.
posted by don1one @ 6:58 AM
2 Comments:
I think Edwards is great but I just don't know what has changed since 2004 except that he is two years older. The more I think about the Dems in 2008, the more I think the nomination is Al Gore's to lose: he was robbed in 2000, has been consistently right on Iraq (unlike Hillary), and will not have a problem with either cash or name recognition... I wrote a story on this at www.minor-ripper.blogspot.com
I like Al Gore and think he's one of the smartest politicians out there. But I think he'd have an uphill battle at this point. The right has built a pretty solid story of him as a looney lefty and the global warming issue, while correct, will justify their story.
He certainly has been waging a great public relations campaign and has kept his name out there.
I really don't think Hillary can win the US. She'll depend on the regular Clinton wranglers like Carville and Begala who are one trick ponies like Rove and are better at making money then getting politicians elected.
What might work is a partnering of Gore and someone new like the Bush/Cheney ticket. I don't think Gore would want to be Veep again, but I think an Obama/Gore ticket would be hot. It would pull the south and the north as well as experience and fresh blood.
I'd say Edwards/Gore but that would put two southerners on the same ticket. I'm also not sure their egos could co-exist, while Obama seems to stay pretty centered.
Someone that I'd like to see run again is Carol Moseley-Braun. I thought she was smart on the issues and certainly has foreign policy experience.
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