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CHANGEit celebrates young campaigners - the leaders of tomorrow!
CHANGEit is an awards scheme that recognises young campaigners who are out there making a difference. This video highlights our most recent award ceremony and the remarkable young campaigners who were recognised for their campaign ideas and good works. Take a look... CHANGEit is an awards scheme that recognises young campaigners who are out there making a difference. This video highlights our most r... more
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Obama vs. McCain T-Shirt Throwdown
The Presidential debates turn into an elevator t-shirt throwdown
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New McCain Ad - Disrespectful
Disrespectful is right - Shame on McCain. Apparently its disrespectful to point out the facts to the American public. And Sarah Palin isn't 'good looking' according to them, either. Isn't that what they said about Obama when he was getting all the magazine covers? Disrespectful is right - Shame on McCain. Apparently its disrespectful to point out the facts to the American public. And Sarah Palin ... more
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Polls, the media and profit
Barry Kay: Polling is a business; the interest of pollsters is not to educate the public. Part 3
Dr Barry Kay teaches a seminar on voting behaviour, as well as courses on U.S. Government and Public Policy in the Political Science Dept., at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research tends to be in the area of elections and public opinion. He is a past member of the Canadian National Election Study team, and recent publications pertain to electoral systems, public opinion polling, and the impact of single-issue interest groups. He has developed a model for projecting parliamentary seat distributions from popular vote or opinion polls, that is posted on the LISPOP page of the Laurier website. He is also a political analyst with Global Television, for their national election coverage.
See Part 1 at: http://current.com/items/89243737_polls_the_media_and_w...
See Part 2 at: http://current.com/items/89243770_polls_and_racism_in_a...
See Part 4 at: http://current.com/items/89259539_the_two_term_shuffle_...
See Part 5 at: http://current.com/items/89259550_obama_is_an_unknown_q...
See Part 6 at: http://current.com/items/89281642_swing_states_in_08 Barry Kay: Polling is a business; the interest of pollsters is not to educate the public. Part 3 ... more -
Polls and racism in America
Barry Kay on polling, racism and the presidential election. Part 2
Dr Barry Kay teaches a seminar on voting behaviour, as well as courses on U.S. Government and Public Policy in the Political Science Dept., at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research tends to be in the area of elections and public opinion. He is a past member of the Canadian National Election Study team, and recent publications pertain to electoral systems, public opinion polling, and the impact of single-issue interest groups. He has developed a model for projecting parliamentary seat distributions from popular vote or opinion polls, that is posted on the LISPOP page of the Laurier website. He is also a political analyst with Global Television, for their national election coverage.
See Part 1 at: http://current.com/items/89243737_polls_the_media_and_w...
See Part 3 at: http://current.com/items/89243785_polls_the_media_and_p...
See Part 4 at: http://current.com/items/89259539_the_two_term_shuffle_...
See Part 5 at: http://current.com/items/89259550_obama_is_an_unknown_q...
See Part 6 at: http://current.com/items/89281642_swing_states_in_08 Barry Kay on polling, racism and the presidential election. Part 2 ... more -
Polls, the media and who will win in 2008
Barry Kay on the accuracy of polling and the presidential elections. Part 1
Dr Barry Kay teaches a seminar on voting behaviour, as well as courses on U.S. Government and Public Policy in the Political Science Dept., at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research tends to be in the area of elections and public opinion. He is a past member of the Canadian National Election Study team, and recent publications pertain to electoral systems, public opinion polling, and the impact of single-issue interest groups. He has developed a model for projecting parliamentary seat distributions from popular vote or opinion polls, that is posted on the LISPOP page of the Laurier website. He is also a political analyst with Global Television, for their national election coverage.
See Part 2 at: http://current.com/items/89243770_polls_and_racism_in_a...
See Part 3 at: http://current.com/items/89243785_polls_the_media_and_p...
See Part 4 at: http://current.com/items/89259539_the_two_term_shuffle_...
See Part 5 at: http://current.com/items/89259550_obama_is_an_unknown_q...
See Part 6 at: http://current.com/items/89281642_swing_states_in_08 Barry Kay on the accuracy of polling and the presidential elections. Part 1 ... more -
WE SELL GUNS! - with no ID required in 32 US states
Nice campaign just launched in Denver to raise awareness of how easy (no ID, and no background check), it is to get hold of a gun across nearly TWO THIRDS of the states in the USA.
Though perhaps the subtlety may actually only be preaching to the converted - sadly no url on the billboards for more info.
Great guerilla effort lined up for Denver around the convention here...(with the stophandgun violence.org tag)
http://www.adrants.com/images/gun-show-tear-sheets.php
d Nice campaign just launched in Denver to raise awareness of how easy (no ID, and no background check), it is to get hold of a gun acro... more -
Times ARE Tough - Even For John McCain!
McCain's new ad says it's grand to be Obama, but times are tough for the rest of us. So I took a look and, sure enough, he's right. Times ARE tough - even for John McCain! Has a fun video too. McCain's new ad says it's grand to be Obama, but times are tough for the rest of us. So I took a look and, sure enough, he&#... more
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McCain Supporter says Obama is Trying to Start a Race War
To me this claim is ridiculous, anyone else have thoughts on this? originally posted by Jack and Jill Politics.
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It's Time for Obama to Get Tough
How is it that despite adulatory media coverage, long lines of volunteers at his campaign offices, and Americans deeply unhappy about the direction of the country, Barack Obama is rapidly losing support -- and control of the agenda -- to John McCain?
It's because Obama has reverted to the whiny, wimpy style that nearly allowed Hillary Clinton to wipe him out in September, 2007 -- until he found his backbone and actually started to stand up for himself.
When McCain launches volley after volley of attack on Obama's policies (with photos of Paris and Brittany thrown in to get the media's attention), what's Obama's response? To ride in on his My Little Pony and cry because McCain is -- how low! -- criticizing his policies and questioning his capacity to lead in a mildly creative way.
This self-righteous simpering might make Obama supporters feel like he's "changing the tone" of politics, but it's not doing anything to stop his slide, shape the debate, or answer the legitimate question the McCain campaign keeps asking: Is Obama actually ready to lead?
So far, Obama's response is to give McCain's advisers exactly what they want: McCain attacks, Obama complains about the attacks and then capitulates on everything from illegal wiretapping to offshore oil drilling. Obama is once again caught up in the great Democratic myth that voters make up their minds by carefully calibrating which candidate's issue positions are closest to his own.
Newsflash, Obama: To most voters, campaigns are not an egghead mental Olympics between two walking policy platforms. They're primal battles that test how candidates respond under fire. And for the last several weeks, Obama has been failing that test: crying about McCain's attacks and then surrendering. To most voters, this sends a simple message: if Obama can't stand up to a babbling incompetent like John McCain, how is he ever going to stand up to the oil executives, the health care lobby, or, for that matter, Osama bin Laden?
Americans are angry. They want and need a president who can channel their frustration and fight hard for himself and the American people. How is it that despite adulatory media coverage, long lines of volunteers at his campaign offices, and Americans deeply unhappy about ... more -
McCain Campaign Restricts Press Access
By Michael D. ShearPITTSBURGH -- Welcome to the new John McCain press strategy.Avoid them.McCain today held a 10-minute press conference, complete with podium, microphones for the questioners, network-quality audio and a camera for a local television station, which allowed CNN to carry it live.And where was the national press corps?Sitting on the runway 27 miles away, having been ferried to McCain's charter plane, totally unaware that a press availability was about to take place until one of the handful of "pool reporters" sent an e-mail alert.The reporters frantically fired up their cellular modems and logged on to CNN.com to catch the end of the press conference, unable to ask any questions. The handful of reporters there asked about the FISA terrorism bill, Iran and about McCain's pledge to balance the budget.McCain's schedule for Wednesday included a note about a "gaggle" with the pool reporters, but nothing indicated a live press conference. The tactic was a first for the McCain campaign, which basically shrugged when asked about it."He took a couple of questions at the end of the tour from the pool. This will happen occasionally," responded Jill Hazelbaker, the communications director for the campaign.The Republican presidential nominee has built a reputation for his access to the press, famously inviting the national press corps to gab sessions on the back of his "Straight Talk" bus during the 2000 and 2008 primary campaigns.National reporters still get some access; in fact, the campaign promises some time with the candidate later today as the campaign bus rambles from West Virginia to Portsmouth, Ohio.McCain gathered several reporters at the front of the plane while traveling in South America last week.But that access has been whittled away as McCain became the nominee. The Straight Talk is reserved now as a carrot for local reporters, leaving the national press corps on a charter bus trailing behind.The new approach may reflect the growing influence of the newly-powerful Steve Schmidt, a top adviser and protege of Bush political guru Karl Rove, who was famous for his desire to control the press's access to his candidate.Schmidt now has operational control of the day-to-day activities of the campaign and is no doubt responding to criticism about a lack of message discipline by the McCain campaign. By Michael D. ShearPITTSBURGH -- Welcome to the new John McCain press strategy.Avoid them.McCain today held a 10-minute press conferen... more
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"Housing not war"
Almost 200 organizations and thousands more individuals across Canada are demanding the Federal government end its war in Afghanistan and redirect funds from record-high military spending to peace, including affordable housing. This broad new alliance ranges from Canada's largest civil society organizations to grassroots community groups, and is growing daily. (Sign now: www.HousingNotWar.ca)
300,000 people experience homelessness annually in Canada, the only industrialized country with no national housing program. The UN recently reaffirmed the "devastating impact of this national crisis... including a large number of deaths" from homelessness during Canada's worst housing shortage since the Great Depression. Meanwhile, skyrocketing military spending is already at the highest level since WWII, and the government fights a war devastating some of the poorest people in the world in Afghanistan -- a war most people in Canada oppose, but Canadian Generals predict could last decades.
CURRENT FACTS:
-- Military: $18.2 billion/year // highest since WWII // 13th highest in the World // 8.5% of Federal budget // $100 million per month to fight the war in Afghanistan
-- Housing: $2 billion/year // just 1% of Federal budget // The ONLY industrialized country with NO national program // Worst housing shortage since Great Depression
-- Homelessness: 300,000 people annually // Very high death rate (people die every week) // Millions more in 'core housing need', enduring poor or insecure housing. Almost 200 organizations and thousands more individuals across Canada are demanding the Federal government end its war in Afghanistan ... more -
Hey ladies! Better cut back on the drinking… or you might get ugly!
London's Drug and Alcohol Service for London charity's new campaign against binge drinking is pitting lovely against ugly. It's aimed at women, and warns that drinking heavily will make you ugly like a man... and even have manhands (eew!).
You can see the effects on a picture of yourself on their Bebo page:
http://www.bebo.com/dasl London's Drug and Alcohol Service for London charity's new campaign against binge drinking is pitting lovely against ugly. I... more -
Graphic campaign warns against knife crime
Real-life knife wounds are being used in a £3 million advertising campaign devised by teenagers to warn Britain's youth about the consequences of knife crime. The Home Office enlisted teens from England and Wales to come up with the concept for the three year campaign. There will be emotional and graphic print, radio, web and mobile adverts, and also some viral ads will be distributed via social networking sites like Bebo.
Some of these are likely to shock us. Do you think this campaign will be effective? Real-life knife wounds are being used in a £3 million advertising campaign devised by teenagers to warn Britain's youth about the... more -
The Bush-McCain Challenge
Political ads just get more funny every day. Take the MoveOn.org McCain-Bush Challenge. Can you tell them apart?
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Florida Obama rally draws record crowd
May 23rd. Sunrise FL
According to Congressman Robert Wexler of Florida, this was the largest number of people ever assembled in the state of FL for a political rally! With a capacity of about 23,000, the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise FL nearly filled for the event. Obama just keeps setting records with voters. People waited in downpours for hours to get into this event! Part II, the actual speech can be can be found at the link below.
Part II of the video (the actual speech) can be found at the following link http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-30922036873814... May 23rd. Sunrise FL ... more -
Nader v. Obama
On Meet the Press on May 4, Senator Obama told Tim Russert that he was willing to debate with "any of my opponents about what this country means, what makes it great."
Well, Ralph is taking Barack up on his offer. Nader wants to discuss how the DNC and RNC have taken over the election process. His stance is based on open, public debates that strengthens democracy.
Currently, the Nader/Gonzalez campaign is busy trying to overcome the Democratic Party's ballot obstructionism in Senator Obama's home state of Illinois. Last time out (that would be 2004), the Democrats blocked Nader from the ballot in Illinois. On Meet the Press on May 4, Senator Obama told Tim Russert that he was willing to debate with "any of my opponents about what thi... more -
Hillary's new campaign ad
This is what's running in Pennsylvania right now. She managed to reference the Soviets, Pearl Harbor, Bin Laden, etc.
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Viral Video Film School: Campaign Videos
Obama Girls, McCain Matrons, and Midget Hillarys (Hillaries?). How they won and the campaign advisers lost. Brett Erlich gives the lesson in Viral Video Film School. Obama Girls, McCain Matrons, and Midget Hillarys (Hillaries?). How they won and the campaign advisers lost. Brett Erlich gives the le... more
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McCain calls for respectful campaign
"We are arguing over the means to better secure our freedom, promote the general welfare and defend our ideals." -McCain
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