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But “Going Rogue” has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto, the requisite autobiography of the future candidate.
Stromata Blog: 2009
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You can support this pre-campaign now in the following ways: 1. Help us document who are the candidates nationwide who meet the two criteria.
Robert Naiman: Would You Pledge $20.14 to End the War in Afghanistan? Robert Naiman 2011
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At this moment, I am reorganizing my team to transition from the pre-campaign to the campaign.
Global Voices in English » Gabon: Presidential Candidate Uses Social Media in Historic Election 2009
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In December, Connecticut's Record-Journal reported that "in the first report the former WWE executive filed after announcing her new campaign in September -- covering the third quarter -- McMahon said she personally made 'in-kind' and 'pre-campaign' contributions that totaled $334,513 as well as $510,000 in zero-interest loans to her new campaign committee."
'She's Basically in the Soft-Porn Business' Mary Anastasia O'Grady 2012
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But “Going Rogue” has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto, the requisite autobiography of the future candidate.
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But “Going Rogue” has all the characteristics of a pre-campaign manifesto, the requisite autobiography of the future candidate.
Books 2010
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At the same time, the organizations' business model revenues expanded by a total of $30 million compared to pre-campaign baselines.
A New Way To Invest In Nonprofits Betsy Brill 2010
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Saints have lost their owner and now the manager this season, with ground to be made up to live up to the pre-campaign billing
Southampton fans already fearful of another wasted season 2010
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Scarborough's main beef with Palin seems to be that, in his view, she just is not serious enough to be considered a viable GOP candidate for president in 2012, and despite the supposed general acceptance of this as fact, Republicans sit idly, afraid to speak out, while Palin basks in the pre-campaign limelight.
Joe Scarborough Urges GOP To 'Man Up' Against Sarah Palin The Huffington Post 2010
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First of all, a campaign speech (including pre-campaign speeches like the 2004 keynote address) necessarily contains something a presidential address often lacks: a request from the speaker to the audience for something, some change in their behavior, even some sacrifice on behalf of what the candidate stands for: a vote at the very least, financial support, activism, perhaps a complex and difficult change of perspective (like the "no red states or blue states" line).
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