Little Interest in Candidates this week

With political news somewhat on hold until the report on Iraq comes in, there is not much activity showing up on our candidate monitors. We have seen a tiny bit of interest in John McCain, Fred Thompson, John Edwards, Al Gore and John Kerry (really). It is fair to say that the interest shown in these individuals is extrememly weak, but the other candidates are not registering any interest at all this week.

It is rather interesting that many recent hits on www.canditatestuff.com are coming from a RushLimbaugh domain!

Mac the Observer

Hurricane Karl?

Now that we in the dangerous time of hurricanes, we should keep a look out for "Hurricane Karl." This "storm" has the potential to cause much damage and the cone of uncertainty includes the entire United States. We all need to prepare for the possibility of high winds, dangerous tides and a major surge.

Mac the Observer

What About Joe Biden?

We talk about the top democratic candidates in the presidential race, but there are others who are also worthy of consideration. Think about Joe Biden. In the last "debate" he came across as smart, bold, and informed. He has plenty of relevant experience and yet seems in touch with ordinary people. On the issue of Iraq he is the only person with a plan that is more articulated than just saying how many months or weeks before some or all of the troops are pulled out. Joe sees the need for partitioning Iraq. Can that be so bad? Can anything be worse than the state of Iraq now? It may be time to take a look at some of the candidates who are not in the front pages. How about looking at Mr. Biden? Here's his officical website.

One of the interesting observations I have made is that the candidates more likely to grab the attention of the public also are the ones with a large and interesting assortment of product designs. Joe Biden is right up there will the best in terms of nice designs!

If you want to grab up a hat, magnet, bumper sticker or t-shirt promoting Joe Biden, come on over to CandidateStuff. You can also find items to support many of the republican and democratic candidates for president, too.

Mac the Observer

Infrastructure? The Next Issue?

Now that a major bridge has collapsed will the presidential candidates begin to warm to the idea of promoting infrastructure as an issue? We know how they search for whatever topics will resonate with the public -- this public or that public -- they slice us up to get votes for themselves.

Who will bite this issue now that it is in the public awareness?

Interestingly we do have two senators who were very concerned about various US infrastructure needs before the tragedy. They are Chuck Hagel and Joe Biden. It may be time to add some hats for Mr. Biden over at www.candidatestuff.com. We shouldn't count these two out of the presidential race. At this time in the last presidential election cycle the "unbeatable" front runner was Howard Dean!

Mac the Observer

What's More Political than the War?

Although interest in the presidential candidates is now a bit soft, we know that the issue of the war is on the top of everyone's mind. In support of the troops, we are promoting a website offering shirts for army, navy, marine and airforce moms, dads, wives, kids, and others. currently there is a sale on most shirts for military families.

Most of the shirts are priced so you can buy three and get one free. This is the perfect time for grab up t-shirts in support of the army, navy, marines and air force. Our "Mom" shirts and "Wife" shirts as well as those naming other familiy members are quite popular. Many of the designs are made by actual military family members.

For more, see SUPPORT4MILITART.COM

Mac the Observer

Sizzling Summer

As the heat of summer increases, so too does interest in the presidential candidates. And the online activity I am monitoring shows barely a blip for Mitt Romney while all the other Republicans are even less fortunate.

The intense interest in Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama seems to have quieted. Perhaps we know as much about them as we need to know at this point. Most interest is currently being focused on, drumroll please, Al Gore! In the past week Mr. Gore has lit up the charts here. There is also a bit of activity in the Biden and Richardson camps.

And if you like to think of investing in keepsakes, perhaps this is the time to grab up a McCain button or magnet. They may become obsolete soon. As for Fred Thompson, who knows if he will or if he won't—it is far more fun and infinitely less demanding to be on the fence.

If you follow politics, have you selected a candidate? Have you actively promoted that person with a sticker, t-shirt, hat, or just a little magnet on the refrig? We offer a great selection of items for the top 11 candidates at CANDIDATESTUFF.COM. Check it out!

Mac the Observer

Republican ship sinking? or sunk?

I was planning to write a few ideas about the prospect of Micheal Bloomberg entering the presidential race. There are some interesting possibilities with the electoral votes . . . there may be a chance that Bloomberg could receive enough electoral votes to prevent a Republican or Democrat winning sufficient electoral votes to win the election without involvement of the congress.

Now that we have President Bush's commutation of Libby and most--if not all -- Republican candidates falling in line, perhaps the populace will stand up and keep their votes away from the GOP! Bloomberg may not need to insure the election results now, is the election a done deal now??

Do we ever need a change of directiom! Come on election!

Mac the Observer