constituency

Well, Eric Stansell already had an uphill battle against Mike Stewart's large financial advantage, now it appears that Stewart has an important constituency (especially in a low-turnout Democratic primary) in his pocket. Both the Communication Workers of America and the Education Association PAC have endorsed the Waller Lansden attorney.

Looking at the campaign paraphenalia of each candidate, one is struck by the sheer diversity of the constituency that Obama seeks vs McCain. The main difference seems to be that Obama’s campaign is all about the people, targeting many diverse ethnic groups while McCain’s campaign is all about himself, touting words like honor, integrity, [...]

Since much of the blogosphere is talking about Heller, and I’m more or less indifferent to it, I figured the least I could do is leave an open thread for discussion. Here it is. If you’re interested in the Happy-about-this constituency, Uncle’s all atwitter.

A stalwart of the Religious Left urges Obama to insert an “abortion reduction” plank in the Democratic Party platform:

A Newsweek columnist argues that voters should not be so quick to assume that John McCain’s experience is necessarily superior to Barack Obama’s:

The headline for today’s new Washington Post-ABC News poll on the presidential race is about independent voters: The poll finds independents evenly split between McCain and Obama.

Seems The Politics of Hope and Change wants a streetfight before he can make it to the convention.

That’s what Tim Chavez seems to be saying and he doesn’t appear to be joking: