John Greene
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John Greene
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Many evangelicals label the Latter-Day Saints as a cult, This could create a problem for him.
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All of these tactics, at one time or another, have been effective, particularly in a primary. The danger is, will it get so negative that it will begin turning people off?
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The Taft name has always meant men who are conservative, even stodgy, but always ethical. These investigations are a blow to the magic of the great family name.
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If you look at public opinion surveys, there's a basis in the evangelical community for these kinds of initiatives on the environment. But they're not there yet.
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It makes it more difficult for religious conservatives to accuse the Democratic nominee of being Godless.
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There's very little to gain from a debate and there's always a possibility they'll make a mistake and give the other candidate a chance to get back in.
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Many of my traditional supporters, especially in the business, women's rights and gun-owner communities, have failed to step forward to help me as they have in the past. Many have simply written-off the governor's race and ceded it to the incumbent.
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The basic concern about the poor and preventing budget cuts is not a new concern. They're just more vocal and active about it than they have been in a long time.
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We're talking about turning thousands of static Web pages into one or two template-based pages run by a database, ... And it's logical because databases are the best way to store information, and the Internet is the best way to distribute it.
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We'll see Bush charging up his base, but in ways that won't alienate other folks. It's hard to do both things. But there are not enough base voters in either camp to win, so they need to reach out to the middle and poach the other guy's turf.
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We didn't want the second line because that is as bad as being off a 10m handicap.
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What he can hope for is to just play even with the president, minimizing Bush's strengths in some of those areas, but if he does play to tie that opens up the possibility that he can win on the economy.
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The plan is to talk about corruption and to present the amendments as a way to clean it up. Putting Taft front and center is also a good idea given the governor's recent problems.
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When the new executive meeting center is complete, we intend to more aggressively target group business, with a goal of assuming a leadership position in this area.