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Category Archives: Global Development
We Are Not Alone
Posted by Craig FullerUsually we at Virtual Vantage Points are moved to express our views after studying text clouds. However, this morning, I came across an article from The Washington Post online that I found fascinating. Written by Jose Antonio Vargas, the article examines the impact of the Internet on Campaign 2008 and the candidates.The [...]
Posted on April 1, 2008
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Also posted in Aviation, Corporate Responsibility, Global Health, Health Policy, Personal Finance Tagged California-based Conservatives, California-based Liberals, Campaign 2008, Doctors, Educators, Environmentalists, Internet, Jose Antonio Vargas, Political Moms, U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals, UK Conservatives, UK Greens, UK Labour, UK Liberal Democrats, Virtual Vantage Points, Washington Post Leave a comment
Bloggers, Meet PR Professionals and Vice Versa
Posted by Craig FullerThe leader of our online practice, Evan Kraus, and I sat with an association chief executive recently to discuss social media. As we began, the CEO had an interesting request, "...before we get started, would you first explain to me what is a blog."We respected this CEO's willingness to let us know [...]
Posted on March 24, 2008
Also posted in Aviation, Corporate Responsibility, Global Health, Health Policy, Personal Finance Tagged APCO Worldwide, Blogger Outreach, California-based Conservatives, California-based Liberals, Council of Public Relations Firms, Doctors, Educators, Environmentalists, Political Moms, U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals, UK Conservatives, UK Greens, UK Labour, UK Liberal Democrats Leave a comment
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NAFTA: Clinton and Obama Face Off
Posted by Don Bonker In the early results, on the Democratic side Ohio and Texas could not be further apart. Clinton is outpolling Obama in the mid-West state and Obama is surging in the Lone Star state.Why the huge difference with 2 candidates holding similar positions on most of the issues?For some reason, Clinton does well in [...]
Posted on March 4, 2008
Categories Global Development Tagged California-based Conservatives, California-based Liberals, Clinton, NAFTA, Obama, Ohio, Political Moms, Texas, U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals Leave a comment
Categories Global Development Tagged California-based Conservatives, California-based Liberals, Clinton, NAFTA, Obama, Ohio, Political Moms, Texas, U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals Leave a comment
International Trade is the New Issue
Posted by Don Bonker You can now put international trade on the bulletin board, along side immigration, health care and the Iraq war, as a major issue in this year’s presidential election. Like most issues, the Clinton and Obama positions are such there is not a scintilla of difference between them. Yet the scrutiny over words [...]
Posted on March 4, 2008
Categories Global Development Tagged California-based Conservatives, California-based Liberals, Clinton, Fazreed Zakaria, Free Trade, international trade, NAFTA, Obama, Ohio primary, Political Moms, U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals 2 Comments
Categories Global Development Tagged California-based Conservatives, California-based Liberals, Clinton, Fazreed Zakaria, Free Trade, international trade, NAFTA, Obama, Ohio primary, Political Moms, U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals 2 Comments
Commentary with Our Friend Iain Dale
Posted by Craig FullerNo sooner had I returned from New York and our Virtual Vantage Point Super Tuesday blog fest, than I had the good fortune to meet a friend of ours from the UK, Iain Dale.Iain is one of Britain's leading political commentators, appearing regularly on TV and radio. He writes a political column [...]
Posted on February 7, 2008
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Make Your Predictions on Tonight’s Democratic Debate
Also posted in Aviation, Corporate Responsibility, Global Health, Health Policy, Personal Finance | Tagged California-based Conservatives, California-based Liberals, Democratic debate, Doctors, Educators, Environmentalists, Philadelphia, Political Moms, U.S. Conservatives, U.S. Liberals, UK Conservatives, UK Greens, UK Labour, UK Liberal Democrats, Virtual Vantage Points | Leave a comment