Stephen Schwarzman, chairman of the world's largest private- equity firm, will host a fundraiser for Mitt Romney at his Park Avenue apartment next month, a sign that Romney is closing the sale with Wall Street's wealthiest donors. The event marks Schwarzman's inaugural step to help Romney secure the Republican presidential nomination, according to a person familiar with Schwarzman's plans.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Attensity, a leading provider of social analytics solutions and engagement solutions, today announced an initiative with Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), the premier digital media company, to provide millions of viewers a voice in the upcoming ABC News debate to be held on Saturday, January 7th at 9pm EST/6pm PST in New Hampshire. During the course of the debate, Attensity's Voice of the Voter application will monitor and analyze social media conversations about the candidates and issues, and deliver live, dynamic reports to the Yahoo! elections web site at http://news.yahoo.com/elections/ debate/. The reports will include sentiment scores for each candidate, and ratings on the candidate's performance on key issues such as the economy, defense, ...
I decided not to run for president when I considered how much scrutiny you are exposed to. I definitely have too many skeletons in my closet," Lee Iacocca wrote in his first best seller, "Iacocca." In his new book, "Where Have All the Leaders Gone?" Iacocca rates the presidential contenders, including [Barack Obama]. Of Obama, Iacocca wrote: "Obama has the charisma, character and communication skills. In order to gain our confidence he would need to be specific on what he would do and who was on his team. "Ray," a fictitious name made up to protect Keith Kakugawa in Obama's bestselling autobiography, "Dreams of My Father," was discovered by the media investigating the accuracy of Obama's book. Kakugawa and Obama were best friends in high school and went down different pathways; Obama ...
Republicans oppose convention The Republican candidates for the Iowa Legislature voiced their support for bringing the gay-marriage issue to voters, but opposed calling a constitutional convention. The ballot this year allows voters to call for a constitutional convention, a measure that automatically comes up every 10 years. Lee Hein, a candidate for Iowa House District 31, said he supported a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. But he didn't wish to see it happen through the convention process. "Let the Legislature do their business and take care of things. I think we open up a can of worms if we let stuff happen, with a constitutional convention, from what I have read on it," he said. Donna Smith broke down the property tax bill for an Asbury, Iowa, resident, until the s...
Even those with vision are often beaten down by practical political considerations and the lack of resources, power or influence to realize their vision. [...] we look to political, social or business leaders with vision and who can define an actionable set of principles and goals around which to rally. [...] the initial research should seek to measure: * Campaign awareness (first mention, unaided awareness, top-of-mind and total recall) * Campaign preference * Issue importance /rank in consideration set * Issue relevance * Emotional connection * Loyalty (what are the loyalists saying that is consistent with the undecideds?) * Campaign imagery Next, survey questions should be asked that provide information necessary to distinguish candidate Williamson from the gaggle of others by meas...
Jason Thornhill Though a newcomer to the local political scene, Jason Thornhill, 38, has lived in Columbia for two decades and considers his knowledge of the city a key advantage in the competition against Allan Sharrock for the Second Ward seat that will be vacated by longtime ward representative Chris Janku.
Vincent Capuana, Passaic's housing director and school board president, is seeking a four-year term as mayor in Tuesday's election. He is running against Alex D. Blanco, winner of a November special elections to fill the unfinished term of former Mayor Samuel Rivera, who is serving a federal prison sentence on a bribery conviction. Staff Writer Jennifer H. Cunningham interviewed Capuana at his campaign headquarters this week for a question-and-answer session. In light of the corruption scandals that rocked the city last year, how will you restore the public's trust?
Pitching plans for getting Columbia residents back to work and parents more involved in the lives of their children, Columbia City Council candidate Allan Sharrock kicked off his campaign for the Second Ward seat last night at VFW Post 280 in Columbia. Allan Sharrock
The Arab American community has always focused on family and entrepreneurial efforts and they need to collectively also become involved in the political process and the activity of being involved in their government," [Michael Bouchard] told Reuters in an interview in Bloomfield Hills, outside Detroit, this week. "You have so many different kinds of Arab Americans who may not have come with a common identity because they come from different countries and backgrounds," he said. "One thing that always touches me is that many times people who are Arab Americans who don't know me well will come up to me and say 'We are proud of you.' It's a sense of community," he said.
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