by Katie Fretland
What's in a campaign button?
In Idaho, it can mean the merger of the expected Democratic presidential nominee with an unlikely mate -- Republican Sen. Larry Craig, who does not plan to seek re-election after his arrest in a Minnesota bathroom sex sting.
The button was just a mistake apparantly on the part of the button-maker. The Lewiston Tribune reports that the button manufacterer apparantly meant to feature Sen. Barack Obama on a button with a different Larry: Democrat Larry LaRocco, who is running for U.S. Senate.
"That sounds like it's going to be a collector's item," said Dean Ferguson, LaRocco's communications director. "I'm sure Sen. Obama appreciates Sen. Craig's support."
So, what to do with those buttons? The editor emeritus of the Tribune's editorial page, Bill Hall, decided to buy 10 buttons, before they became unavailable for purchase.
"I realized it was a mistake, like finding a coin that's been damaged in the making, so I quickly ordered 10 of them," Hall said.
Read more about the Larry Craig/Obama button at Top of the Ticket, the Los Angeles Times' political blog.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Comments
Where's your Berlin bounce now? McCain's ahead in likely voters and within to MOE among all registered voters according to Gallup. Don't expect a Swamp post on this because it's not a story that helps the Messiah. http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/07/gains-for-mccai.html
Posted by: Jeff | July 28, 2008 4:48 PM
Jeff, did you even read the actual article you're linking to? On the VERY SAME DAY the normal gallup poll says that Obama is up by 8%.
This is a different type of poll than the ones showing the 'berlin bounce' as you say.
In the article itself it says 'statistical noise' is to be blamed for the discrepancy.
You're living in fantasy land.
Posted by: Joe | July 28, 2008 5:08 PM
Joe, you're the one living in a fantasy land if you don't think McCain moving ahead in the USA Today/Gallup poll AFTER Obama's trip isn't good news for McCain. The "tracking" poll has been much less reliable than this poll that's correctly predicted (almost to the percentage) our last three presidents.
What you don't want to admit is that this poll was taken over the weekend AFTER the Berlin "bounce" was supposed to have happened. Now both Rasmussen and Gallup say the "bounce" is a fantasy. Your fantasy.
Posted by: Jeff | July 28, 2008 6:21 PM
Ummm- you do realize this is a funny post, and you are not being funny right now? Oh wait- now you are funny.
Posted by: ummm | July 28, 2008 7:32 PM
Sorry if I'm not that excited about Obama and Larry Craig tapping something out on a button.
Posted by: Jeff | July 28, 2008 8:02 PM
That button will go down in the books with the air mail stamp with the inverted biplane.
Posted by: ornery | July 28, 2008 10:22 PM
The button was funny, before I read much of it I kept thinking of the value on them ha.
Likely voters are the ones that you look for in determining who is up in the polls. They say that Republican youth vote is more powerful than Democrat youth vote. Dems just don't come out. Obama bases a lot of his place in the polls on this inspired youth vote, but history has shown all the inspiration fizzles out, no matter how excited they try and tell the public that this group is ha.
Posted by: Teresa | July 29, 2008 4:31 AM
No Jeff, your numbers are wrong. Obama in all other Gallup polls has doubled his lead. In most other polls he has jumped by 1 or 2 points.
This one and the only poll that is saying what you falsely believe to be true.
Posted by: Joe | July 29, 2008 9:31 AM
I think there is another connection with Larry and sex in Minnesota.
Posted by: Terry | July 29, 2008 11:02 PM