Sentences with phrase «of political junkies»

Which might help explain why Obama and the DNC are going climate heavy on its platform document, which will be read by a tiny audience of political junkies.

Pennsylvania (D): To the disappointment of political junkies all over the country, the always - colorful Gov. Ed Rendell is term limited out of a job in 2010.

The Conclusion of a six - part series As the presidential race heated up, the internet grew from being the medium of a core group of political junkies to a gateway for millions of ordinary Americans to participate in the political process, donating odd amounts of their spare time to their candidate...

As the presidential race heated up, the internet grew from being the medium of a core group of political junkies to a gateway for millions of ordinary Americans to participate in the political process, donating odd amounts of their spare time to their candidate through online campaign tools.

Strong always lends the battle - hardened New Yorker a certain dignity in her targeted outrage, even as she confesses, «I'm kind of a political junkie — and a regular junkie.»

Not exact matches

In a deft synthesis of escapism and dreadful reality — like successfully mixing ice cream with Buckley's cough syrup — an unknown sports sophisticate and political junkie named Paul Kaplan (an Atlanta Braves fan, but that's not a crime) sent a letter to his congressman to protest the defeat of his baseball team in the National League playoffs and demand they be crowned the winners anyway.

Political junkies will relish the book's story of the infighting between data - driven analysts on the Clinton campaign staff and the on - the - ground pols in the field; the latter sensed that something seismic was shifting in the electorate, which the former refused to believe because of their «models.»

While the election campaign that Mr. Gore appeared determined to keep going until the numbers came out right may have exhausted all but the most hard - core political junkies and made the rest of us grateful that there is not another presidential election for four years, we should not too quickly acquiesce in the urgings that we «put it behind us» and «move on.»

Television is still the best way to reach that great mass of potential voters who are NOT political junkies; it's a road running straight toward the Holy Grail of American presidential politics, the Independent Voter.

So, returning to the question of traffic, Politico.com may only CARE about a targeted audience of political professionals and political junkies, since they can earn more per ad impression for targeted advertising.

The site's a lot of fun for researchers and political junkies to play with, and the statistical analyses provide a nice confirmation of what an eyeball survey will often tell you right away — when district lines look funny, they probably are.

This way of discussing politics is too abstract even for political junkies.

I get a nice quote up toward the front about how videos too often turn out to be little more than a source of amusement for political junkies, but Rawls looks past the generalities to examine some specific examples that have swept the internet and yet yielded little in the way of political results.

Political junkies can check dozens or hundreds of news sources every hour, both corporate - owned and informal.

The entire discussion is brain - food for any political junkie, but one segment particularly jumped out at me: David Plouffe gave an extended description of how the Obama campaign used volunteer - produced data to create computer - generated models of states — down to segments of a media market — to determine how the campaign was doing at any given moment.

Fortunately for political junkies there are still a few competitive races to watch in the city council election... sort of.

Ken Rudin, the Political Junkie, joins us in the first half hour to examine the results of New York's presidential primary.

«I hope we don't have an entire year - long campaign, but for some of us that are political junkies, we're going to be starting early.»

We'll be kicking the promo campaign into high gear over the next couple of weeks, trying to get this sucker into the hands of as many journalists, bloggers, Twitterers, texters, smoke - signalers and flat - out political junkies as possible.

«A rule of thumb among political junkies says that that the actual vote for a third - party candidate tends to be roughly half of what that candidate was getting in pre-election polls around Labor Day,» said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

Web ads are useful, but at this point, most of the people looking at Lazio's web ads are the few who already support him, or are political junkies who will not make their voting decisions based on web ads.

Whatever happens on election night, the size of the playing field ensures that it will be nirvana for political junkies.

With fewer and fewer contested elections each cycle, today's primary in Ohio is an embarrassment of riches for political junkies.

To those political junkies who paid attention (a very small segment of the population,) Bill Clinton was some guy who gave a bad speech at Dukakis's nominating convention.

For true political junkies, the Premier of Nova Scotia just called elections this week for June 13 (note how much more unpredictable and quick elections and campaigns are in parliamentary systems).

But, by far the most important element (for political junkies at least) of Van Susteren's interview came when the FNC anchor asked the Alaska Governor about her future plans.

It's not news to political junkies that President George W. Bush's job - approval ratings have hovered in the 30s for much of the last year.

For pollsters and political junkies, few things compare with the excitement of Election Night.

Nixon has long been an object of fascination and derision — in almost equal parts — for political junkies.

My point here is not to debate these policies, but to observe one of the differences between normal voters and political junkies such as myself and (probably) you.

Compared with the less politically inclined, these people were found to be media junkies, who consumed political content wherever they could find it, and as a result of this diversity they were less likely to be in an echo chamber.

Political junkies may think the 4 November U.S. election is about whether Republicans can win control of the U.S. Senate and rule both houses of Congress.

But if you're a bit of a political or news junkie who wants even more, I recommend subscribing to a political podcast for a more in - depth look at important issues.

Undeserving of the critical savaging it suffered on its release, Killer Elite should satisfy action junkies and those looking for a more off - beat political thriller both.

W. is, in the end, an ambitious failure that'll most likely please political junkies, with the remainder of viewers sure to be left frustrated by Stone's increasingly uneven modus operandi.

Political junkies should also get a kick in seeing all of the real - life politicians and political pundits make cameo appearances, and even director Oliver Stone has some fun at his own expense in revealing another conspiracy theory, revealing to the world the truth about the look - alike plot, but to utter disbelief by tPolitical junkies should also get a kick in seeing all of the real - life politicians and political pundits make cameo appearances, and even director Oliver Stone has some fun at his own expense in revealing another conspiracy theory, revealing to the world the truth about the look - alike plot, but to utter disbelief by tpolitical pundits make cameo appearances, and even director Oliver Stone has some fun at his own expense in revealing another conspiracy theory, revealing to the world the truth about the look - alike plot, but to utter disbelief by the media.

Towards the end of the film, Ruth (Laura Dern), a pregnant junkie who has become the center of a political firestorm be...

With Cumberbatch and The Fifth Estates «once promising Oscar odds now shot to pieces, a flicker of hope remains for meat - headed political junkies, pseudo-intellectuals, and those who relish movies that are «so bad, they're good».

Former soldier John Cale (Tatum) is trying to land a job with the Secret Service, and he brings his estranged political junkie daughter Emily (Joey King, who looks like the little sister of Alia Shawkat) with him to his interview at the White House in the hopes of buttering her up.

With its imitations of Robert Bresson close - ups, pointless references to European political change, actors talking about acting, junkies who are never seen doing drugs, «unexpected» pop songs, and deliberately obscured narrative (probably because — wait for it — it has the arc of a bad Victorian social novel), Schanelec's studious bore seems intended for an audience of people who write film festival catalogue descriptions.

They want political junkies to turn back to the Republican «Contract With America,» the 1994 policy manifesto that helped the GOP win control of Congress after decades of mostly minority status.

His timely and frightening portrayal of the «ticking time bomb» in our democracy will be an absorbing read for political watchers, news junkies — and readers of all stripes who appreciate fast - paced suspense.

I must not have noticed that the pages were all boys because, later, as a 13 - year - old political junkie, I wrote a letter to my senator, Everett Dirksen of Illinois, asking how I could become a page.

For political junkies, the arrival of longform coverage in the middle of a campaign is like industrial - strength catnip.

Political junkies now have more than 160,000 hours of C - Span footage to explore.

But I believe that lawyers as lawyers (as opposed to lawyers as movie buffs or sports fans or political junkies) will first be attracted to blogs that provide news and information they can use in their day - to - day practice of law.

SCOTUS Map was launched in 2014 by Victoria Kwan, a 2011 graduate of Columbia Law School who currently works as a law clerk at the Anchorage, Alaska, Superior Court (according to her LinkedIn profile) and Jay Pinho, a self - described «political data journalism junkie.»

«2nd Circuit Says OK to «Heavy Hitter» Attorney Ads Main C - Span Gives Political Junkies 160,000 Hours of Video to Explore»

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It's no surprise to anyone who knows him that Stephen, a native of Saint John and a committed political junkie, was recently elected president of New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative party.