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Sunday, March 4, 2007 |
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Machinery vs. popularity |
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Which will prevail? |
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The latest Pulse Asia Survey (in the City of Manila
only) appears to show that the Genuine Opposition (GO) senatorial
slate is far more popular than their Team Unity opponents. But
GO’s luckluster miting de avance in Plaza Miranda and its
cancellation of its rallies in Iloilo and Antique, showing that its
machinery is weak, have made people wonder if its vaunted popularity
will result in GO bagging a majority of the Senate seats.
Meanwhile Team Unity’s
launching rally in Cebu was an outstanding success, showing that it
has a well-oiled organizational machinery.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Horse trading is the name of game
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It’s not a simple choice of machinery or
popularity. ‘Command votes’ will not translate into
straight-ticket voting in this election.
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Senatorial bets may think they hold the nation’s
fate in their palms but the real movers and shakers in the upcoming
midterm elections are the local kingpins—and they’re not about
to vote straight either for the administration or the opposition
coalitions.
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My fearless forecast
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It is now abundantly clear the
Genuine Opposition (GO) will not score a 12-0 victory against the
administration’s Team Unity (TU) in the senatorial fight.
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Machinery, popularity must go together
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There is no doubt that the
results of the May 14 elections would be determined mainly by two
factors: political machinery and popularity of the candidates,
particularly in the senatorial race.
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Even Reagan and Clinton depended on their parties
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The inauguration of the
multiparty system, enshrined in the 1987 Constitution, has
invariably transformed the mode of election campaign for elective
positions in our Republic.
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