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- Ron Paul wins Values Voter straw poll
- Occupy Wall Street Protesters Accused of Hurting NYC Economy
- Obama Campaign Pressures Potential Donors by Comparing Them With Neighbors
- Romney’s Mormon Faith Is Thrust Back Into Campaign Spotlight
| Ron Paul wins Values Voter straw poll Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:27 PM PDT By Gautham Nagesh – The Hill Rep. Ron Paul (Texas) handily won the straw poll for Republican presidential candidates at the Values Voter Summit on Saturday, with the socially conservative crowd giving businessman Herman Cain and former Sen. Rick Santorum (Penn.) second and third places. Paul, a libertarian-leaning Republican, came in first with 37 percent of the vote, continuing his success among grassroots activists. Paul’s supporters were out in force on Saturday morning for his speech, where he emphasized the role of his faith in informing his policy views. Florida businessman Herman Cain kept his campaign’s momentum going by finishing second with 23 percent of the vote. Cain, who has surged toward the top of the field since winning a conservative straw poll in Florida last month, stole the show on Friday and appears to have gained some traction among the Republican voters. Santorum was also greeted warmly on Friday and expected to do well given his strong emphasis on conservative social issues. He finished third with 16 percent. Rep. Michelle Bachmann (Minn.), who won this cycles first straw poll in Iowa, took fourth place with 8 percent in the Values Voter poll. To read more, visit: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/gop-presidential-primary/186367-ron-paul-wins-values-voter-straw-poll |
| Occupy Wall Street Protesters Accused of Hurting NYC Economy Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:24 PM PDT
NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday accused the Wall Street demonstrators of trying to cripple New York City’s economy. “What they’re trying to do is take the jobs away from people working in this city,” the mayor declared in his harshest criticism of the three-week-old protest that has caught the attention of the nation. Although he expressed sympathy for “some of their complaints,” Bloomberg warned that addressing them has to be accomplished “without hurting people and making the problem worse.” “If the jobs they are trying to get rid of in this city — the people that work in finance, which is a big part of our economy — we’re not going to have any money to pay our municipal employees or clean the blocks or anything else.” The mayor’s comments came in response to a caller to his WOR Radio show who asked what the city intended to do about the protest headquarters in Zuccotti Park, which is near her apartment and where hundreds of people are camped out. “What about my rights to use the park?” asked the caller, named Marsha. “This is a little bit of greenery that we reclaimed after Sept. 11. It’s not usable. There is a general sense of incivility down there. But worst of all are the drums and the shouting. I know they’ve agreed to stop the drumming. Last night they were drumming until 10:45. Someone did a little practice drumming this morning at 7:50.” “We couldn’t agree more,” replied the mayor. To read more, visit: http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/protesters-accused-of-hurting-nyc-economy-ncx-20111007 |
| Obama Campaign Pressures Potential Donors by Comparing Them With Neighbors Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:08 PM PDT
The Obama campaign is testing a new approach to fundraising, blasting out emails that ever-so-gently shame supporters into donating. Before the end of the third-quarter fundraising deadline last month, the campaign sent around specially tailored messages to those on their email list who hadn’t yet contributed to President Obama’s 2012 reelection fund. Campaign Manager Jim Messina urged them to chip in, by pointing out how many of their neighbors had already done so. An email sent to a New York recipient read as follows: “Here’s something you don’t have in common with 15,049 other supporters of this movement who tell us they live in New York, NY.” Messina went on to say that all those donors “had their own personal reason for giving,” and reiterated that “our records show that you aren’t one of the 15,049 people where you’re from who have stepped up for 2012. “Now’s your chance to change that,” Messina wrote. The email then asked for a minimum donation of $3 to help the campaign reach its goal of attracting 1 million donors. The emails took on a personal and local tone, giving stats in each community for how many Obama supporters had already donated. One email sent to Grayslake, Ill., noted that 160 people had “stepped up” for the president. The Obama campaign did not return a request for comment on the messages. Brad Blakeman, who worked on the 2000 Bush campaign and in the Bush White House, said he’s never seen a fundraising pitch quite like it — and there’s a reason for that. “It’s a scare tactic,” he said, claiming the message suggests to recipients that “your neighbors are going to know if you didn’t donate.” He said the approach will probably work on some people but is “more detrimental than it is beneficial.” As in 2008, the Obama campaign is using the Internet and email and social media in new ways to reach voters. The campaign has incorporated the president’s push for his $447 billion jobs bill into its 2012 operation, sending out an email earlier this week directing supporters to use their online tool to pressure GOP members of Congress on Twitter to back the bill. To read more, visit: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/08/obama-campaign-pressures-potential-donors-by-comparing-them-to-neighbors/ |
| Romney’s Mormon Faith Is Thrust Back Into Campaign Spotlight Posted: 08 Oct 2011 01:04 PM PDT By Stephen Clark, FOXNew.com It was bound to happen sooner or later. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who was questioned repeatedly about his Mormon faith during his 2008 presidential bid, finds his religion under attack again in the 2012 GOP race. On Friday, Robert Jeffress, a senior pastor at First Baptist Church in Dallas who supports Texas Gov. Rick Perry and introduced him at the Values Voters Summit, called Mormonism a "cult" in remarks to reporters. When Perry took the stage, he said Jeffress "hit it out of the ballpark" with his introductory remarks in which he called the Texas governor a "proven leader, a true conservative and a committed follower of Christ." But Perry's camp said later that Perry disagreed with Jeffress description of Mormonism as a "cult" and that the Values Voters Summit organizers chose the pastor to introduce the Texas governor. "The governor doesn't agree with every single issue with everyone he knows or supports his candidacy," Perry campaign spokesman Mark Miner said in an email to Fox News. "He is running for president to get our economy back on track and create jobs. Those are the real issues that matter to people." On Saturday, conservative talk show host Bill Bennett condemned Jeffress' comments when he introduced Romney at the summit. "I would say to Pastor Jeffress…you did Rick Perry no good sir in what you had to say," he said to raucous applause, calling the pastor’s remarks “bigotry.” In his remarks, Romney said, "Speaking of hitting it out of the ball park, how about that Bill Bennett." He went on to urge Republicans not to let religious differences to divide them and to pick a nominee who is most qualified to boost the economy. To read more, visit: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/08/romneys-mormon-faith-is-thrust-into-campaign-spotlight/ |
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