Comments on: Campaigning Question

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:11:02 +0000

Chuckers,

Small town, weekly newspaper. Official vote count done by Tuesday night. Newspaper printed on Thursday.

By: chuckers

chuckers — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:36:59 +0000

Mark,

More than likely, the newspaper was printing projected vote numbers that were available at press time rather than actual numbers that wouldn’t be available for several hours AFTER the paper was due out.

Using projected numbers is how come Florida flip-flopped a dozen times per channel in the infamous 2000 presidential election farce.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:03:34 +0000

I could be wrong, but I believe that when the president goes out to do political campaigning, the costs of Air Force One and similar expenses are supposed to be reimbursed by the applicable political committee (the candidate’s committee, the state political party, etc.). If the president splits his time during the trip between official duties and political activity, the political committee pays part of the costs.

However, it appears that in either case, the reimbursement doesn’t come close to the actual costs of operating Air Force One.

By: Mark in Boston

Mark in Boston — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:39:54 +0000

Once I voted for a third-party candidate, and when the official results were announced in the newspaper there were no votes for that candidate. Hmmmmm….

By: turquoise cow

turquoise cow — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:52:56 +0000

as a fellow New Jerseyan, I agree. I have no problem whatsoever with the President and a lot of problems with the governor. I also voted for Dagget, mostly because I don’t like Christie, but I’m not thrilled enough with Corzine to vote for him again.

By: paperboy

paperboy — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:56:03 +0000

Except for over-time of local law enforcement, I would think security for the president when traveling doesn’t cost extra, since they’re already on the pay-roll. I’d assume there is also already a budget for Air Force 1 use, too.

By: Keera

Keera — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:36:00 +0000

Tell me: Is it normal for a president with declining popularity and a lot of problems to tackle to take time out to stump for a _governor_?

By: Willondon

Willondon — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:05:22 +0000

Who pays for security of politicians?

Even when a disgraceful U.S. ex-president goes on the talk circuit, it appears a foreign country will spend citizens’ tax on “protection”, instead of doing their Geneva Convention duty and arresting the scoundrel as a war criminal that should be tried (with specific charges, and within a reasonable amount of time, mind you).

Just one report of a scattered menace:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/10/21/sk-bush-saskatoon.html

But I ramble…

By: HM

HM — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:30:35 +0000

As a very liberal Democrat living in Virginia I can tell you this election had very little to do with Obama and a heck of a lot to do with *really* bad campaigning. Even my die-hard family was frustrated with Deeds et al.

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:08:11 +0000

I actually did vote for not a single Democrat (here in New York) specifically because of Obama. Unfortunately he’s proving to be really good at elections, and really uninterested in his ostensible job.