NASCAR? And the meaning of Summer.
Posted by Deborah Kay Corey at 11:11 AM
Summer is a very slow boring time in the campaign world unless you are foolish and do too much over the Summer than you end up like George Allen. This is a cardinal rule and Mother politics is not forgiving of law breakers. The real show will be in September when school is back in session and the country is in the last 60 days before the election, that is the time that can break or make a candidate as Bill Clinton learned in his first run for President...
Hmmm, this blurb came in from Campaigns and Elections Magazine.
Tuesday July 8, 2008
Campaign Ban Hits Some NASCAR Tracks
Voters shouldn't expect to see either John McCain or Barack Obama making appearances at NASCAR events in Daytona Beach Florida, or a dozen other speedways across the country before Election Day. According to officials from the International Speedway Corporation, which owns the Daytona International Speedway, as well as major facilities in both candidates' home states of Arizona and Illinois, the company is implementing a firm policy that prohibits political candidates from campaigning in any capacity at their racing events.
But that hasn't stopped MTV from running political ads this year for the first time ever...
Summer is a very slow boring time in the campaign world unless you are foolish and do too much over the Summer than you end up like George Allen. This is a cardinal rule and Mother politics is not forgiving of law breakers. The real show will be in September when school is back in session and the country is in the last 60 days before the election, that is the time that can break or make a candidate as Bill Clinton learned in his first run for President...
Hmmm, this blurb came in from Campaigns and Elections Magazine.
Tuesday July 8, 2008 Campaign Ban Hits Some NASCAR Tracks Voters shouldn't expect to see either John McCain or Barack Obama making appearances at NASCAR events in Daytona Beach Florida, or a dozen other speedways across the country before Election Day. According to officials from the International Speedway Corporation, which owns the Daytona International Speedway, as well as major facilities in both candidates' home states of Arizona and Illinois, the company is implementing a firm policy that prohibits political candidates from campaigning in any capacity at their racing events.
But that hasn't stopped MTV from running political ads this year for the first time ever...