Selling Clinton, Huckabee, McCain, and Obama

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  Aimee33302/20/08 Report as spam
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  Wow

  I'm not surprised at the poll. I think all candidates have a tough sell out there right now. Not one of them has "it all". Being in marketing...I really like how you pulled the political questions into the sales questions. I think we naturally ask ourselves those questions about many things we do each day...Great article.

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  Sid Herron02/20/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Selling Clinton, Huckabee, McCain, and Obama

  I think that if people actually DID ask those three questions, and thoughtfully considered the answers, we would have a far different government than we have today. Unfortunately, a large portion of the voting public tends to follow another old sales truism: "People buy for emotional reasons, then justify the decision rationally afterwards." My fear is that a lot of people are going to vote for the candidate who tells them what they want to hear...and people typically DON'T want to hear that there are difficult choices and sacrifices that need to be made - not when there is someone else telling them that they can have it all. In the words of George Bernard Shaw, "The government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the vote of Paul."

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  charlotte_ingram@...02/20/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Selling Clinton, Huckabee, McCain, and Obama

  The people who read BNT are probably more informed than the average Joe. We wouldn't want to have the country under the sway of an empty vessel.

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  johnrg02/20/08 Report as spam
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  Clinton, etc.

  Comparing Mr. Obama to Steve Jobs seems quite inappropriate. When SJ
  introduced the iPod, he said it would change the way we listened to music and
  the proof was instant...all you had to do was try it out. The same with the
  iPhone...he said it would change the way we viewed the cell phone; again, the
  proof was in trying it out. In both instances, the results were made the
  difference. With Mr. Obama we have to buy (vote) and hope.

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  simplesanya@...02/21/08 Report as spam
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  RE: Selling Clinton, Huckabee, McCain, and Obama

  Hi Geoffrey,
  
  I have been reading your articles for a while now. The quality just keeps on improving! Kudos for another thought provoking article.
  
  As an Indian, I am very interested in the outcome of the US election. I am sure the entire world is too.
  
  Obama promises a lot... the question is do the voters think he can deliver what he promises? If he can manage to sell/ convince them, he is sure to win.
  
  Hillary, on the other hand, needs to hard sell that Bill will not be the ???automatic??? vice president. If however she does not then,according to me, she is doomed. I think, nobody wants two Clintons in the White House, Hillary included .
  
  Ultimately, McCain is going to benefit from the division in the Democrats.
  
  So maybe Hillary should withdraw & Obama could make her the veep instead!!!
  
  Just my 2 cents...
  
  -SS