Comments on: : What national polls mean… http://rhetorica.net/archives/1280.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dean's World http://rhetorica.net/archives/1280.html/comment-page-1#comment-825 Dean's World Sat, 07 Jun 2003 21:20:25 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=1280#comment-825 <strong>Democratic Primary Analyses</strong> People often say our politics are radically different from what they used to be. When I read Andrew Cline, I often think maybe things haven't... Democratic Primary Analyses

People often say our politics are radically different from what they used to be. When I read Andrew Cline, I often think maybe things haven’t…

]]> By: acline http://rhetorica.net/archives/1280.html/comment-page-1#comment-824 acline Sat, 07 Jun 2003 15:02:19 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=1280#comment-824 Yes...it's stunning data. Mayer ctitiques the primary process following the McGovern-Frazer reforms. I'm taking it a step further. It will be very interesting to see if his contentions, and mine, hold true for 2004. Yes…it’s stunning data. Mayer ctitiques the primary process following the McGovern-Frazer reforms. I’m taking it a step further. It will be very interesting to see if his contentions, and mine, hold true for 2004.

]]> By: Jay Manifold http://rhetorica.net/archives/1280.html/comment-page-1#comment-823 Jay Manifold Sat, 07 Jun 2003 13:23:14 +0000 http://localhost/wpp3/?p=1280#comment-823 Been meaning to comment for a while that the project-management implications of the Mayer model are pretty astounding -- namely, that all the hard work of reaching the public is in the latter half of the <i>year before</i> the election, and must occur nationwide, not just in the high-profile caucus/primary states; and that in turn the hard work of setting up an effective nationwide organization (presumably including key fundraising efforts) is in the <i>first half of the year before the election</i>. That's a long way from a Labor-Day-to-Election-Day campaign, but it's also a long way from the first-quarter-of-the-election-year campaign portrayed in most of the media. The grist for the next "Primary Colors" is happening <i>now</i>, not 8 months from now. Been meaning to comment for a while that the project-management implications of the Mayer model are pretty astounding — namely, that all the hard work of reaching the public is in the latter half of the year before the election, and must occur nationwide, not just in the high-profile caucus/primary states; and that in turn the hard work of setting up an effective nationwide organization (presumably including key fundraising efforts) is in the first half of the year before the election.

That’s a long way from a Labor-Day-to-Election-Day campaign, but it’s also a long way from the first-quarter-of-the-election-year campaign portrayed in most of the media. The grist for the next “Primary Colors” is happening now, not 8 months from now.

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