esnagel
Thursday, January 31st, 2008, 02:05 PM
Funny thing about politics lately are the endorsements coming in. The Kennedy’s are endorsing Obama, Guliani is endorsing McCain. I’m sure there are others, and more to come.
Endorsements are like the nail in the coffin for the other candidates. Why? Because nobody wants to support a loser, so they wait until their adviser tells them who will win, then they endorse that person (whether they believe in him/her or not).
That endorsement swings voters, making the candidate even stronger. Then other politicians, unions, etc. endorse the candidate, bringing in more voters to his/her side. The snowball continues to grow. And when those candidates win, the endorsers look enlightened to the general public and are sure to receive perks from the winners.
I thought Levitt & Dubner wrote about this in Freakonomics (http://www.whooshusa.com/sdc-steven-d-levitt-et-al-freakonomics-a-rogue-economi-2005797092.html?b=products&q=freakonomics), but can’t find a reference now.
Looks like McCain & Obama will be going head to head in November. The question is, who’s going to be their running-mates?
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Endorsements Add Snow to a Snowball (http://www.netnagel.com/2008/01/endorsements-add-snow-to-a-snowball.html)
Endorsements are like the nail in the coffin for the other candidates. Why? Because nobody wants to support a loser, so they wait until their adviser tells them who will win, then they endorse that person (whether they believe in him/her or not).
That endorsement swings voters, making the candidate even stronger. Then other politicians, unions, etc. endorse the candidate, bringing in more voters to his/her side. The snowball continues to grow. And when those candidates win, the endorsers look enlightened to the general public and are sure to receive perks from the winners.
I thought Levitt & Dubner wrote about this in Freakonomics (http://www.whooshusa.com/sdc-steven-d-levitt-et-al-freakonomics-a-rogue-economi-2005797092.html?b=products&q=freakonomics), but can’t find a reference now.
Looks like McCain & Obama will be going head to head in November. The question is, who’s going to be their running-mates?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?i=mkm4OxD</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?a=mkm4OxD) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?i=9dYhZxd</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?a=9dYhZxd) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?i=Kk2A5aD</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?a=Kk2A5aD) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?i=XuwP3gd</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?a=XuwP3gd) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?i=lnmoBNd</img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/NagelFamilyWebsite?a=lnmoBNd)
Endorsements Add Snow to a Snowball (http://www.netnagel.com/2008/01/endorsements-add-snow-to-a-snowball.html)