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Endorsements Add Snow to a Snowball

Thursday January 31, 2008 // Share on Facebook

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, 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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  1. Steve Poland said...

    Hillary as VP to Obama; she brings the operations capability — he brings the vision. But VP’s typically don’t have much power. And also, it’d be hard for her to run again in 4 years if she’s his 2nd man.

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    January 31st, 2008

  2. Eric said...

    “But VP’s typically don’t have much power”

    What are you nuts??? Ever hear of Dick Cheney??? George Bush’s puppet-master??

    Hillary would make a great VP – look how she did as First Lady. If she can take that much power as First Lady, she can have enough power as VP to get just about anything done.

    I’d vote for the Obama / Clinton ticket.

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    January 31st, 2008

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