Word: momentum
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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McCain's finish in New Hampshire will doubtless give him some momentum in South Carolina, which experts say the Arizona senator must win if his campaign is to survive through March...
...have substantial momentum," says Thomas Patterson, Bradlee professor of press and politics at the Kennedy School of Government. "He has to get people thinking, 'Oh, there's another candidate [besides Bush...
...part, McCain prepared to stretch the momentum of his victory as far as possible. His camp set up a team of fund-raisers in New Hampshire and began phoning potential supporters across the nation as the poll reports were in. But McCain still trails Bush by a wide margin in most parts of the country. Bush has big-name supporters in virtually every state; McCain doesn't. What's more, in most states, registered independents - who overwhelmingly favored McCain over Bush in New Hampshire - aren't allowed to vote in party primaries. At the same time, Bush is much more...
...momentum has changed so much since last fall that even Gore's gimmicks are working. Gore himself came up with the idea of having a real farmer guest-star at the Iowa debate. And his campaign decided that the best way to blunt Bradley's criticisms of him as an Establishment politician was to extend a hand to Bradley on national TV and challenge him to quit advertising and debate more instead. "A ploy," Bradley said disdainfully, and the pundits agreed. But at a time when television in Iowa and New Hampshire has become a wearying loop of campaign...
Forbes, visibly buoyed by his 30 percent showing in the caucuses, told supporters yesterday he hoped to ride the momentum to an even bigger victory. Advisers hinted that he will begin a new television advertising campaign aimed at these voters...