Jack Pitney
Jack Pitney
William Jackson "Jack" Pitneywas an American marketing executive with BMW as vice president of marketing, where he played a major role in convincing company leadership to go ahead with distribution of the MINI in the United States, despite concerns that car buyers there would not buy cars that small given the popularity of sport utility vehicles...
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Core supporters will take this a cue, particularly Republicans who have not been paying close attention. And a lot will depend on whether Republicans can follow through in the ground game.
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After governor, most people are pretty hazy about what these offices do. I'd be surprised if one Californian out of 100 can tell you the difference between the controller and treasurer.
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They have the opportunity to build appealing images, but there is also a real chance that they will tear each other down, or that the Republicans will do it for them. In trial heats, Angelides and Westly are not running far ahead of Schwarzenegger.
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If it's a bad year for Schwarzenegger, it's kind of hard to see how McClintock would win anyway. If it's a good year for Schwarzenegger, the alliance could work to McClintock's benefit.
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They (the Republicans) certainly passed up a chance to help him. He's not worse off than he was a week ago, but he's no better off, either.
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The danger is that one admission would lead to calls for more admissions, ... He can address an issue without falling into the trap of perpetual apology.
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It was a clear sign from grass-roots organizations that politicians ought to pay attention to the illegal immigration issue.
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This kind of appeal is a good seed catalogue.
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It matters a lot for the party activists. It matters some for primary voters. And it matters a little for undecided general election voters. Even if it matters for 5 percent of the electorate ? no candidate can ignore that.
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There's plenty of time to criticize. I think two years from now, nobody is going to remember what these people said.
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He's rubbing their faces with Bolton's bushy mustache.
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If they take a drubbing in 2006 look for major changes as they organize for the next Congress.
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It's not an appeal that tends to work with the electorate, but Pirro's going to be able to raise a lot of money from people around the country.
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It's a missed opportunity. Had it gone through, he could begin to rebuild his image as a bipartisan problem-solver. He can still do that, but as the year wears on, partisan conflict will make that harder.