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I enjoyed: Barack Obama’s On-Point Message Man - washingtonpost.com, particularly:
“I wanted to win or lose based on who I am and not some concoction that somebody told me the public wanted,” says Deval Patrick, whom Axelrod served in his successful race to become the first African American governor of Massachusetts last year, Patrick’s first campaign. “I talked to a lot of different media consultants and so forth who were brought to me by someone who knew there was such a thing as a media consultant. Of all of them, David seemed to me to be the one most determined to respect my commitment to be myself.”
Amen. Barack Obama has made some great remarks of late and no doupt many were scripted in some back room. I thought the sound byte might not be well suited to him but he’s done well. From what I can tell reading the paper, Barach Obama kisses babies and rescues baby seals. He helps old ladies accross the street and comes to complete stops at at stop signs. I think he’s making all the right moves so far.
February 15th, 2007
Sen. Barack Obama toured Iowa this weekend and was then back in DC this morning. I’m very impressed with the guy. one thing I’m just noticing from press, such as this washingtonpost.com article) is how well he performs in person. He stands up to protesters taunting him and pushes back against the media when they’re out of line. He is running a scripted campaign, but it doesn’t feel that way.
When protesters shouted for us to bring troops home now, he replied “Come on. We’re on the same side guys.” Bush (and most folks… not just to knock Bush) would have patiently waited for security to remove them. Earlier, he tried to engage protesters to include them in the dialogue before they were thrown out (apparently they refused to be engaged). Dealing with hostle uninvited bullies trying to hijack your world tells alot about a man in my opinion.
And his comment in the post article about his swimsuit picture was playful enough and truthful enough that swooning journalists had to have been left with a blush and a “shucks you caught me” grin. He headed the unknown-and-lacks-substance argument off at the pass — at least with those journalists. he’s had some critism about his web2.0 site having some hiccups this morning, but I think he’s running his campaign exactly how he needs to to stay true to himself and be taken seriously.
February 12th, 2007
Update: 8/23/2007
(old odds are at the bottom)
Hillary Clinton 2-1
Al Gore 6-1
John McCain 5-1
George Allen Jr 50-1
Rudy Giuliani 3-1
Sam Brownback 25-1
Bill Richardson 50-1
Mark Warner 30-1
Mitt Romney 8-1
Mike Huckabee 50-1
Evan Bayh 40-1
Chuck Hagel 200-1
Colin Powell 50-1
Joe Biden 50-1
Bill Frist 50-1
John Edwards 6-1
Newt Gingrich 20-1
Tom Vilsack 50-1
Russ Feingold 50-1
Barack Obama 7-2
Rick Santorum 80-1
Tom Tancredo 100-1
Mike Gravel 100-1
Tom Ridge 60-1
Tom Daschle 60-1
Bill Owens 100-1
Bob Kerrey 100-1
John Kerry 40-1
George Pataki 50-1
Condoleezza Rice 30-1
Gary Locke 100-1
Dick Gephardt 100-1
Wesley Clark 20-1
Dick Cheney 75-1
Howard Dean 100-1
Alberto Gonzales 100-1
Bob Ehrlich 100-1
Charles Schumer 100-1
Harold Ford Jr 100-1
Jack Kemp 100-1
Jeb Bush 100-1
Jay Rockefeller 100-1
Ralph Nader 100-1
Paul Bremmer 150-1
Joe Lieberman 150-1
Bob Graham 150-1
Michael Bloomberg 15-1
Tommy Franks 200-1
Jesse Jackson 200-1
George W Bush 200-1
Dennis Kucinich 200-1
Arnold Schwarzenegger 250-1
Bill Clinton 300-1
Paul Wolfowitz 750-1
Alan Keyes 750-1
Elizabeth Dole 750-1
Clint Eastwood 750-1
Ted Kennedy 750-1
Bill OReilly 750-1
Laura Bush 500-1
James Carville 1000-1
Jesse Ventura 1000-1
Al Sharpton 500-1
John Ashcroft 1500-1
Donald Rumsfeld 500-1
Pat Robertson 2000-1
Bill Maher 2500-1
Donald Trump 1000-1
Michael Moore 1000-1
Chris Dodd 100-1
Doug Stanhope 50-1
Wayne Root 1000-1
Ron Paul 8-1
Fred Thompson 4-1
Tommy Thompson 200-1
Duncan Hunter 200-1
Update: 3/15/2007
Republicans:
6/4 Rudolph Guiliani
3-1 John McCain
6-1 Mitt Romney
21-1 Tommy Thompson
26-1 Sam Brownback
34-1 Chuck Hagel
34-1 George Pataki
34-1 Condoleeza Rice
With the announcement this morning that Barak Obama is forming a presidential exploratory committee, I figured it was time to put together a list of who’s running with odds on each (let’s not pretend it isn’t a horse race):
Democrats:
Hillary Clinton - 9:5 odds
Barak Obama - 5:2 odds
John Edwards - 12:1
Al Gore - 50:1
Chris Dodd - 60:1
Joseph R. Biden - 75:1
Bill Richardson - 75:1
Tom Vilsack - 75:1
Wesley Clark - 100:1
John Kerry - 120:1
Dennis Kucinich - 250:1
Republicans:
John McCain - 8:5 odds
Mitt Romney - 3:1 odds
Rudy Giuliani - 6:1
Newt Gingrich - 80:1
Jim Gilmore - 99:1
Tommy G. Thompson - 99:1
Chuck Hagel - 100:1
Mike Huckabee - 100:1
Tom Tancredo - 100:1
Sam Brownback - 120:1
Duncan Hunter - 150:1
Update - 3/2/2007:
No real change on the democatic side. Republican odds have shifted drastically at the top with McCain slipping and Giuliani pulling even / slightly ahead. Duncan Hunter has gained as well with a strong showing in a recent SC straw poll. It’s hard to handicap without an obvious conservative candidate. Without further delay:
Republicans:
Rudy Giuliani - 3:1
John McCain - 3:1 odds
Mitt Romney - 4:1 odds
Duncan Hunter - 50:1
Newt Gingrich - 50:1
Jim Gilmore - 75:1
Chuck Hagel - 100:1
Mike Huckabee - 100:1
Tommy G. Thompson - 120:1
Tom Tancredo - 150:1
Sam Brownback - 150:1
List of candidates per New York Times
January 16th, 2007
Ambassador Srucnoc, in a stunning move, suggested that he’s considering dropping “Pirate VP” and fundraising king Whitey Blackwell and asking Barak Obama to join his team. “I mean, nothing against Whitey, but hey, he’s a pirate”, said Srucnoc. “Barak Obama has charisma… he has buzz… he has the mo-minimum!”. Recent stories suggest that he’s an unstoppable force, not unlike JFK to reinvigorate American politics. In related news, souces say that hours before deciding to court Senator Obama, Srucnoc asked Blackwell to change his name to Barak Obama and he refused.
December 12th, 2006
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