Obama’s Iowa victory goes to prove that Hillary just won’t be able to win the race so easily.
The caucus-goers in Iowa made their way to the ballot forewarning
key pitfalls for Hillary Clinton & Mitt Romney and bouquets for their respective rivals, Barack Obama & Mike Huckabee. Obama’s triumph came after the costliest & most intensely fought campaign ever in the history of the Iowa. The year-long rivalry shaped a huge turnout that reflected the vigour and eagerness among Democratic voters strong-minded to recapture the White House in November. Whereas, in the GOP race, Huckabee, an Evangelical Neocon, used his folksy style to stitch together a loose alliance of Evangelical Christians & conservatives to beat Mitt Romney. Reacting on his victory, noted political analyst Vaughn Ververs told B&E, “Huckabee took advantage of a Republican party dispirited by an unpopular President & unexcited by their choices for a presidential standard-bearer.” Obama sailed to victory accompanied by a spectacular attendance of first-time caucus-goers, bagging roughly 38% of the vote in a race that drew 240,000 Democrats – about twice the GOP turnout.
Obama’s triumph was the newest chapter in his incredible political saga. In the quest of becoming the first African American president, he found receptive listeners countrywide, & proved his grit in this principally white and pastoral state. Reacting on the result, political analyst David Yepsen said to B&E, “I deem Clinton had failed to get a convincing message out to the voters, despite a huge operational presence in the state. From here, the anti-Hillary Clinton vote will now coalesce around Barack Obama. That’s part of the story tonight.” The result in Iowa sets the arena for what will be a high-stakes fight in New Hampshire, with Clinton now fighting for endurance in a state where her once-robust lead has mostly vaporised in the past two months and Obama has been growing. The largest single day of caucuses voting will come on Feb 5, when several of US’ largest states will hold primaries.
The result has also set alarm bells ringing for Republicans. Blake Rutherford, political analyst and Director of Public Affairs in Iowa told B&E: “In my view, Iowa told us a lot about the Democratic Party. Primarily, attendance was huge, which exemplifies that in a state that Bush carried in 2004, sway voters are breaking with Democrats on every matter, and in overpowering numbers. If that’s symptomatic of what’s happening in other parts, 2008 could be a bad year for Republicans across the board.”
With enormous campaign finance and great ambitions following the two frontrunners, the Clinton-Obama war is far from over, long drawn out, and fierce propaganda battles are on the cards in the coming weeks.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
The caucus-goers in Iowa made their way to the ballot forewarning
key pitfalls for Hillary Clinton & Mitt Romney and bouquets for their respective rivals, Barack Obama & Mike Huckabee. Obama’s triumph came after the costliest & most intensely fought campaign ever in the history of the Iowa. The year-long rivalry shaped a huge turnout that reflected the vigour and eagerness among Democratic voters strong-minded to recapture the White House in November. Whereas, in the GOP race, Huckabee, an Evangelical Neocon, used his folksy style to stitch together a loose alliance of Evangelical Christians & conservatives to beat Mitt Romney. Reacting on his victory, noted political analyst Vaughn Ververs told B&E, “Huckabee took advantage of a Republican party dispirited by an unpopular President & unexcited by their choices for a presidential standard-bearer.” Obama sailed to victory accompanied by a spectacular attendance of first-time caucus-goers, bagging roughly 38% of the vote in a race that drew 240,000 Democrats – about twice the GOP turnout.Obama’s triumph was the newest chapter in his incredible political saga. In the quest of becoming the first African American president, he found receptive listeners countrywide, & proved his grit in this principally white and pastoral state. Reacting on the result, political analyst David Yepsen said to B&E, “I deem Clinton had failed to get a convincing message out to the voters, despite a huge operational presence in the state. From here, the anti-Hillary Clinton vote will now coalesce around Barack Obama. That’s part of the story tonight.” The result in Iowa sets the arena for what will be a high-stakes fight in New Hampshire, with Clinton now fighting for endurance in a state where her once-robust lead has mostly vaporised in the past two months and Obama has been growing. The largest single day of caucuses voting will come on Feb 5, when several of US’ largest states will hold primaries.
The result has also set alarm bells ringing for Republicans. Blake Rutherford, political analyst and Director of Public Affairs in Iowa told B&E: “In my view, Iowa told us a lot about the Democratic Party. Primarily, attendance was huge, which exemplifies that in a state that Bush carried in 2004, sway voters are breaking with Democrats on every matter, and in overpowering numbers. If that’s symptomatic of what’s happening in other parts, 2008 could be a bad year for Republicans across the board.”
With enormous campaign finance and great ambitions following the two frontrunners, the Clinton-Obama war is far from over, long drawn out, and fierce propaganda battles are on the cards in the coming weeks.
For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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to their discretion and sell their lungs to less deserving yet wealthy patients just for the lure of money… whereas the more needy patients keep waiting till it becomes too late. A scintillating example of the same is the black market in Tehran where kidney is tagged at a staggering price of $2,500-$3,750, when the same is available in the Institute for Kidney Patients, Delhi at almost half the price… and as if that’s not enough such corrupted commercialisation of organs is not even attempted to be kept a clandestine affair.
the only private buyer of the super-jumbo Airbus A380 or for the $20 million gifts he made to Harvard and Georgetown to expand their Islamic studies departments. He’s a man whose passion for capitalism moves far beyond just his $3.9 billion deal to buy Fairmont Hotel & Resorts, far beyond plain luxury! Want a proof? Well, he demonstrated his knowledge of what the stock markets are capable of when in February 2007, he listed his hotel holdings on the Dubai stock exchange. He further aims to get his primary investment group, Kingdom Holdings, listed on the Saudi exchange by end-2007. And what about his investments of $7.5 bn on December 4, 2007 which further increased his control in Citigroup to a commanding 4.9%, making him the largest controller of the $170.1 billion entity? A capitalst indeed!
package – affect a price hike in petroleum products, meet its burden by current provisioning and modify the existing subsidy scheme to target the poor. Yet, despite the fact that the mismatches between domestic prices and global oil prices can’t be tackled with the issuance of oil bonds, the government will issue bonds worth Rs.300 billion to compensate PSU oil firms for their losses. Exactly 21 months ago, in February 2006; the Committee on Pricing & Taxation of Petroleum Products headed by Dr. C. Rangarajan said that the issuance of oil bonds raises some fiscal concerns. “The off-balance sheet exposure of Indian government is more than 1% of its GDP and issuances of oil bonds are one of the biggest worry. Oil bonds will dent government finances badly, when they mature,” says Sachidanand Shukla, Economist, Enam. With the overall subsidy burden estimated to exceed Rs.1 trillion, issuing bonds to meet short term objective is certainly not the way out and aligning them to international prices is the only solution.
organize all your existing files on your hard drive in 3D using shapes and sounds to identify folders and files. Get a free trial at www.tactile3d.com. Wouldn’t it be great if you could search your data while ‘walking’ INSIDE your hard drive? Remember those hacker movies where the protagonist virtually enters a computer program to physically look for the virus. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of this is the character Tom Sanders (Michael Douglas) ‘walking’ on Digicom’s VR Database in Michael Crichton’s movie Disclosure. A Force More Powerful (www.afmpgame.org) is the first and only 3D game to teach the waging of conflict using nonviolent methods. Destined for use by activists and leaders of non-violent resistance and opposition movements, the game will also educate the media and general public on the potential of nonviolent action and serve as a simulation tool for academic studies of nonviolent resistance. Think of a world without actual wars, we can just fight them virtually and spare millions of lives.
exalted, venerated and worshipped as the gospel truth by any marketeer worth his FMCG lapels! The ‘High Priests’ have pronounced that the brand is god and the ad executives, GCROE(S) – Gods Chosen Representatives On Earth! For decades, it has been acknowledged as the single most important aspect of business. Its success equals the business (it drives) success. Branding’s prime objective remains the same – to make a product or business look distinct and different from competition and epitomise the vision and values it represents to gain that decisive cutting-edge lead…
more simple now for retail investors. Capital market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has given an in-principle nod to a substitute form of payment for public and rights issues, which will facilitate applicants to maintain money in banks till actual allotment of shares. The move is expected to abolish hassles related to refunds. As per norms the bank will mark a lien on the customer’s account to guarantee that the required sum is safe until the allotment process is finalised. In case the allotment does not take place, the money gets mechanically unlocked and is at the investor’s disposal. This simply means that investor’s money marked for the IPO cannot be used for any other purpose.
Rajouri Garden area very proudly displays (and sells!) the in-house brands of its rivals, which include Pantaloon, Provogue, et al. Well, B. S. Nagesh, MD, Shopper’s Stop has no qualms about it. “We believe in offering more brands to our consumers and our strategy is to have a wider portfolio,” he tells 4Ps B&M. However, the point here is not only to cater to the needs of the consumers but in the bargain, it also increases its revenues. Even Tim Enyon, CEO, Provogue argues, “I don’t see any harm in it. Basically Shopper’s Stop wants to maximise its sales per square meter.”
to curb the reds in their annual reports, which is also hampering future expansion plans. Kaushik points out, “The burden of taxation on DTH players is very high,” referring to the huge 56% tax that DTH subscribers have to pay as consumer tax. These include sales tax, VAT, excise duty, et al, over and above the 3% CST. Not to forget the 10% license fee and corporate tax that the government charges. Of late, there has been some relief that has come their way in the form of a cut in the license fee on April 16, 2008 by the I&B ministry. The fee, which was earlier 10% has been brought down to 6%. However, operators consider the move as a mere drop in the ocean, given the deluge of taxes that they have to pay.
flights with soft leather couches, live bands, et al, for travellers seeking only luxury-in-air. Or HP launches customised laptops only for tweens (age group 8-12 years) complete with in-built ‘homework’ software. Or imagine Star India launching a 24-hour yoga channel for health freaks alone. Do the above ideas sound suicidal, set to make a big red blot on their respective balance sheets? After all, these niche products and services will entice few customers and ultimately take away from the bottom line than add to it, right? Wrong.