El Senador Barack Obama congregó en el Washington Square de la ciudad de Nueva York a 24,000 almas. En su gran mayoría jóvenes dispuestos a esperar horas para escuchar las mismas palabras que siempre repiten los candidatos en estas citas. Sea cual sea el destino de su aventura presidencial, nadie podrá discutir a Obama que está siendo el candidato de las grandes multitudes en esta precampaña. Pero esto sí nos lleva a preguntarnos por qué un candidato que atrae a la gente como una estrella de rock, que recuerda mucho al irresistible poder de convocatoria que tenía el Senador Bobby Kennedy en la campaña del 68, muestra tantas dificultades para trasladar ese poder de atracción a los sondeos sobre la intención de voto. No sé si encontraremos una explicación a este contradictorio fenómeno algún día.
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sábado, 29 de septiembre de 2007
Financiación pública sí, no, o con condiciones
Un dilema para el candidato John Edwards. Edwards’s Embrace of Public Money May Be Limited
(...) In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Mr. Edwards said he was accepting the benefits and limits of public financing to support the system, which was adopted after Watergate to limit campaigns’ dependence on big donors. Asked about the general election, Mr. Edwards told CNN, “We are talking about through the campaign, period.”
“It’s not about a money calculation,” he said. “This is about taking a stand, a principled stand, for what’s right. I believe in public financing.”
On Friday, however, his campaign manager, David E. Bonior, a former House member from Michigan, said Mr. Edwards might reject public financing for the general election unless the Republican nominee also agreed to take public financing.
Mr. Edwards “understands that almost none of the Republican candidates share this commitment,” Mr. Bonior wrote. “Accordingly, we will continue to raise money for the general election so we will be ready to compete against the Republican nominee.” (...)
(...) In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Mr. Edwards said he was accepting the benefits and limits of public financing to support the system, which was adopted after Watergate to limit campaigns’ dependence on big donors. Asked about the general election, Mr. Edwards told CNN, “We are talking about through the campaign, period.”
“It’s not about a money calculation,” he said. “This is about taking a stand, a principled stand, for what’s right. I believe in public financing.”
On Friday, however, his campaign manager, David E. Bonior, a former House member from Michigan, said Mr. Edwards might reject public financing for the general election unless the Republican nominee also agreed to take public financing.
Mr. Edwards “understands that almost none of the Republican candidates share this commitment,” Mr. Bonior wrote. “Accordingly, we will continue to raise money for the general election so we will be ready to compete against the Republican nominee.” (...)
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