MetaFilter posts tagged with Campaign and president

Filter for president! It's a mildly amusing prank that's also a viral ad!

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:08:32 -0800

Hey Meta,

Just saw a news report that you were on. Cool! Here is the link.

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gnfti

Where Religion & Politics Intersect

Rykey — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:47:02 -0800

Like it or not, religion is at the forefront of the 2008 US Presidential elections. The Pew Forum On Religion & Public Life previously cited in MeFi threads examines many of the current intersections of religion and politics, domestic and abroad.

Campaign Finance Bites the Hand That Made It

shivohum — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:26:44 -0800

Last year, as McCain's campaign seemed stumbling into the grave, it applied for federal matching funds for the primary season. After Super Tuesday, McCain withdrew from the system. Or did he? If he didn't, he's capped at $54 million to spend till September -- and he's already spent $50 million of it. Former FEC Chairman Brad Smith tells, in bravura detail, the whole whirling story. (via Election Law Blog) McCain attempted to withdraw not having received any matching funds. Receiving any funds would have locked him into the system. He did, however, obtain a loan in December 2007 which pledged as collateral -- not the federal matching funds he had already qualified for, as that would legally lock him into the system -- federal matching funds which he would receive as a result of pledging, in the loan documents, to reenter the matching funds system if he dropped out of it in December and subsequently did poorly in New Hampshire! Now there's a question of whether he can actually withdraw or not. Meanwhile, the FEC lacks a quorum to make a ruling, and Obama put a hold on nominees who might have given it a quorum. And there are other complications, like how entering the matching system might have put McCain on the Ohio ballot at minimal expense. Brad Smith's conclusion: the law is way too complicated.

Kodos 2008!

nathan_teske — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:35:33 -0800

Reading Tea Leaves and Campaign Logos , a design critique of the 2008 presidential campaign logos. Via Daring Fireball

How Bush Did It

kirkaracha — Thu, 04 Nov 2004 20:05:22 -0800

How Bush Did It "A team of Newsweek reporters unveils the untold fears, secret battles and private emotions behind a historic election." An in-depth series of behind-the-scenes articles. [via Salon 's War Room, which also says Bush's bulge was a bulletproof vest.]

Polling truth

acrobat — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 04:03:45 -0800

With one week to go, Americans are being inundated by polls. At least 112 have been published for the presidential contest in the last week alone. Democratic pollster Mark Blumenthal maintains that, in the campaign's last hours, we tend to see 'undecided' voters 'break' for the challenger. Testing this theory, blogger Chris Bowers examined presidential poll results since 1976, and calculated that undecided voters broke for the challenger 86% of the time. So, is this really how it's going to turn out? Are the Republicans' attempts to 'steal' another election going to bear any fruit?

Hillary Clinton running for President

phong3d — Fri, 03 Oct 2003 12:12:11 -0800

Link from the FEC's website A link off of the FEC's website seems to suggest Hillary Clinton's going to take a shot at the big office. The results can be retrieved like this:

1) Go to The FEC Site
2) Click on "Citizen Guide"
3) Click on "View Reports" under the "Campaign Finance Information" header on the right
4) Click "Search the Report Image System"
5) Search for "Clinton, Hillary"

The first link is for Senate in 2000, the second is for President in 2004. It would seem that she's breaking her promise to the residents of New York State to not run for President during her first term. However, this Wired article suggests she was listed for the same thing for the 2000 elections (though the record now lists 2004).