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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

ANALYSIS: Sandy Stalls Presidential Politics | Essentials

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ANALYSIS: Sandy Stalls Presidential Politics

We need to get this to the Fiscal Cliff! What could go wrong?
We need to get this to the Fiscal Cliff! What could go wrong? by DonkeyHotey
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After canceling his appearance at a morning campaign rally in Orlando, Fla. , President Barack Obama walks into the White House in a driving rain after returning to Washington to monitor preparations for early response to Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 29, 2012. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo) Exactly one week from today Americans across the country will go to the polls to pick the next president of the United States. But this morning people in many parts of the East Coast are waking up to the destruction left in the wake of what one ABC News reporter described as a "liquid fist" that pounded the mid-Atlantic and Northeast. According to the Associated Press, the storm took the lives of "at least 17 people in seven states" and cut off power to nearly 7. 5 million residents.

People:

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Jacquelyn Martin/AP

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Jonathan Karl

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Obama, Romney urge unity how? | Synopsis

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Obama, Romney urge unity how?

President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama by jonrawlinson
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(CNN) -- At the end of a long and divisive political season, the speeches of the victor and the vanquished shared similar themes. President Barack Obama, in his victory speech early Wednesday, said, "We are not as divided as our politics suggest." And in his concession speech, Mitt Romney made a similar point, saying, "We citizens have to rise to the occasion." Which prompts a big question. How do we rise to the occasion? What could or should each of us do? Could you, for example, find common ground with someone whose ballot looked opposite yours? What would it take? Let's start the conversation together. Offer your thoughts in the comments thread below, or join in on Twitter by tagging #cnnireport.

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Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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Friday, January 18, 2013

In Sandy's wake, candidates back to aggressive campaigning | Essentials

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In Sandy's wake, candidates back to aggressive campaigning

President Obama's Inauguration
President Obama's Inauguration by James Trosh
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President Barack Obama leaned on the power of incumbency in his first campaign event after Hurricane Sandy, striking a unifying tone at a late-morning rally in Wisconsin while ridiculing GOP nominee Mitt Romney's effort to seize the mantle of "change." "After four years as president, you know me by now," said Obama, who jogged down the stairs of Air Force One to the waiting crowd in Green Bay. A day after he toured storm-stricken New Jersey, President Obama resumed his campaign with an event in Green Bay, Wisconsin. "Let me tell you, Wisconsin: we know what change looks like," the bomber jacket-clad president said at another point in the speech. "And what the governor is offering sure ain’t change."The president and Romney each turned to their closing arguments for voters, just five days before Election Day and in the wake of a hurricane-induced campaign pause.

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Mitt Romney

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Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

First paws: A history of presidential pets | Synopsis

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First paws: A history of presidential pets

Mount Rushmore
Mount Rushmore by jimbowen0306
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First dog Bo deplanes from Air Force One at the Cape Cod Coast Guard Air Station in Bourne, Mass. , Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, as he travel to Martha's Vineyard, Mass. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP Barack Obama and Mitt Romney toured swing states in the final days of the presidential campaign to emphasize their differences. But the two candidates have at least one thing in common: A history of doggie controversy. Obama, who famously promised his daughters a dog if he won the White House, came under fire from animal welfare organizations in 2008 after he and his family adopted purebred Portuguese Water Dog "Bo" from the Kennedy family as opposed to getting a shelter dog as Obama had said the family would do. (Bo might be generously considered a "rescue dog," as he was first given to another family.

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Friday, December 21, 2012

Republicans make modest gains in gubernatorial races despite heavy funding | Redux

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Republicans make modest gains in gubernatorial races despite heavy funding

Changing of the Guard, Inaugration Day, Washington D.C. USA, Barack Obama, George W. Bush Collage
Changing of the Guard, Inaugration Day, Washington D.C. USA, Barack Obama, George W. Bush Collage by Beverly & Pack
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Republicans poured tens of millions of dollars into an effort to gain control of more governors' offices across the country, but the party saw limited results, managing only to wrest North Carolina from Democrats for the first time in two decades.   Votes in Washington and Montana -- two states with open races for governor now occupied by outgoing Democrats -- were still being tallied early Wednesday.   Former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory's victory Tuesday in North Carolina came two years after Republicans snatched six governors' offices in the midterm elections. Those victories gave the party 29 governorships to 20 for Democrats and one independent going into the latest elections.   Republicans remained at the top of state government in North Dakota, Utah and Indiana.

People:

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Jack Dalrymple

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Beverly Perdue

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John Hoeven

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Mitt Romney

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Sen. Ryan Taylor

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Dave Spence

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Kate Hansen

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David Yepsen

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SentimentQuote
0.27833"The races for governor and races for senator are high-profile for each state, and the outcomes will be determined largely by the personalities of those candidates and the issues in those states," said David Yepsen, ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
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John Gregg

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Key:

  • Aggregate Sentiment is meant to be an indicator of an individual's overall sentiment.
  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

Additional Info:

StateOrCounty: North Carolina

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Relevance: 0.439335

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StateOrCounty: North Dakota

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.31175

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