On The Bus With McCain: Townhall Questions
Locals and Organized Groups Take Part in Q and A
By Adam C Posted in 2008 — Comments (5) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
In the past 30 hours, Sen. McCain has had three town halls and has one more tonight. The first at Haverhill had over 100 people in a meeting room, the second at Dartmouth College was much younger and larger with over 250 people, and the third in New London was over the seating capacity of around 250.
At each event, Sen. McCain talks for 30 minutes on pre-chosen topics. So far, spending, climate change, and Iraq seem to be the topics of choice. Afterwards, the Senator responds to questions of participants.
There are two groups of questioners. The first are local citizens (local can be expansive with some Vermonters crossing over the border to nearby NH towns) who ask questions like good civic participants. Everything from immigration and china to Iraq and education. The second are activist groups who find a local person to ask a scripted question. There have been medicinal marijuana and HIV/AIDS in Africa questioners at each stop asking questions on behalf of organized groups. The Senator thinks this is all part of the civic process, but the repetition of answering questions meant to make a point rather than to learn about a candidate seems tiresome after a few go-rounds.
I will post some clips from the town halls as I get them uploaded (turns out movie files are big), including one explaining his reasoning for moving towards an enforcement first view on comprehensive immigration reform.
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to get "on the ground" first-hand reports. I'm working on photos and video, but it turns out I'm more of tech dunce than I thought.
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Northern Operational Republican Activist Defense
Here is an excerpt By Michael D. Shear and Juliet EilperinWashington Post Staff WritersSunday, November 18, 2007; A01
The campaign recently devoted precious money to begin airing television commercials in the all-important -- and costly -- Boston media market, which blankets southern New Hampshire. But the senator recognizes that he cannot count on voters delivering for him again and plans a relentless handshake-by-handshake retail pitch. "He realizes that he has to do it all over again," said Steve Duprey, a former state GOP chairman and the co-chair of McCain's campaign in New Hampshire. With more than half of the state's residents remaining undecided, according to a recent University of New Hampshire poll, aides think voters will take a second look at McCain, particularly given residents' historic support for the senator and his brand of fiscal discipline. McCain said he expects attacks from his rivals to increase dramatically during the next few weeks, especially if they sense that he is making progress here. His aides said the senator is ready. "John McCain is the only candidate running who knows what it's like to be under hostile fire," Duprey said. "The challenge we will face at some point is resources."
Letters, Internet . . . Distribution to the base , preaching to the choir. . . all well and good. Of course we need to continue that. As I've mentioned before however; we still need BODIES. Boots on the ground , so to speak. John McCain understands this better than anyone. McCain has routinely made statements regarding the finances of the campaign that *He can out-campaign anyone, work harder* etc. Well my friends I have witnessed this first hand here in New Hampshire. If only The Senator had the resources and time to go throughout the entire country and shake every hand. If only the entire country got to hear John speak. Listen to his views, Ideals and Ideas there would no longer be such a thing as 'undecided'.
That is where we come in! Piddly lil' blogs like my own. Larger ones that I am linked to. All of you stopping by and reading this right now. WE can make John Omnipresent! We, at least many of us here, realize we 'need' John McCain. Well right now John McCain 'needs' us as well. When you come across a post that is firing off against the Senator RESPOND! Link blogs like my own into your posts. Write letters to the Editors. Respond to the letters. Call in your local Radios stations. If you are part of or plan an event . . . notify all of us. Alert the media. Comment on our blogs. Boots on the Ground! Get out there . . . BE SEEN. BE HEARD!
Suck it up and get a little John McCain P.R.I.D.E = Providing Republican (Responsible) Insight Direction & Education . Provide this to all those 'undecided' . Those that aren't 'fired' up. It is our damned duty to Fire them up!
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Mad
on the McCain tour