Gold, silver and bronze – Olympics meets politics

By David Kaiser, Editor

Filed Under Race for White House 2008 on Jan 21 

I will give Mitt Romney credit where credit is due. He has started a craze of using Olympic medals as a metaphor for where he’s placed in the primaries and caucuses so far.

It’s everywhere – CNN, MSNBC, Fox – all of the major news outlets have caught on to the fad and are using it generously during their coverage.

Of course we here at PD would have preferred some good old horse racing terminology, like win, place, and show, but hey, beggars can’t be choosers.

Besides, long before Mittens claimed he’d struck silver in both Iowa and New Hampshire, I was running our “Olympic” poll right here at Politicalderby. I wonder if Mitt is a reader?

So with that in mind, I’m going to be running the PD Olympics, where I pick a part of campaign and designate it as an event and you, our loyal and lovely readers, will vote on who you feel should win the “gold”, “silver” and, “bronze” in each of these events.

The best part about this contest is I won’t be separating the field into Democrats and Republicans, I want all of the candidates to be judged in each event.

The first event will be held today and tomorrow, with voting lasting roughly 24 hours. Please post your gold, silver and bronze choices from either party.

And so for the first event – Fund raising.

Comments

  • Seth Pelletier

    Gold- John McCain

    Silver- Mike Huckabee

    Bronze- Mitt Romney

  • http://capecodporcupine.blogspot.com Peter Porcupine

    Gold – Romney

    From his CommwealthPac to Exploratory Committee to Primary to General – Mitt has used his financial know-how to salt away cash for a rainy day. For example, in his most recent $5 million day, he put only $1 million to the Primary, and the rest to the General. He’ll be funded from the day he takes the nomination, not gasping for cash as he crosses the finish line.

    Silver – Clinton

    A decades old network of party regulars has come across for her again. Who thinks the unfortunate Mr. Hsu is the ONLY unusual contributor-gatherer out there? Be that as it may, until you get caught, it pays the bills.

    Bronze – Ron Paul

    Obama is a close second here, but Paul has really seen the future of campaign finance and is using the Internet as an ATM. Pity he can’t figure out how to buy votes.

  • David

    1.-Ron Paul (Never though it would happen)
    2.-Huckabee (Look, No Money, And Boom)
    3.-Obama (Grassroots, Internet)

  • blackadvent

    Gold: Obama
    Silver: Paul
    Bronze: Romney

  • Gary

    Gold- Ron Paul- millions of listeners bought his message, and even though Dr. Paul will not win the election, he will have succeeded in bringing some important issues before the country.

    Silver- Barack Obama- millions of Oprah listeners can’t be wrong- or can they?

    Bronze- Hillary Clinton- millions of Hollywood elite can’t be wrong- or can they?

    P.S. When Ron Paul is right, he’s right, but when he’s wrong, he’s embarrassing.

  • Rusty Shackelford

    Gold – Alan Keyes
    Silver – Bill Richardson
    Bronze – Chris Dodd
    Carbon Steel (bio-degradable) – Ralph Nader

  • http://www.hawaiigolfjournal.com Shmen

    Bronze= Hillary (Has the establishment to pull in serious dough

    Silver = Romney (As stated, can pull out of his own oversized pocket whenever he wishes)

    Gold = Ron Paul (Actually did pull money out of thin air – even more effectively than he cites the federal reserve for doing!)

  • Troy La Mana

    Gold – Ron Paul
    Silver – Barack Obama
    Bronze – Hillary Clinton

  • RedstateEddio

    Gold = Romney, because he’s fighting against 4 other legit candidates, whereas Hillary just has 1.

    Silver = Obama, for doing a serious cash haul in the face of the enthroned incumbent heiress of the Democratic party.

    Bronze = Ron Paul, for the 21st century means of running a virtual candidacy over the internet. (get it? virtual=computer, and virtual, like not showing up on anyone’s radar…oh nevermind)

    Special Style Points = Mike Huckabee, on running a campaign on about as much money as my family spends on groceries each month.

  • Raymond

    Gold: Clinton
    Silver: Obama
    Bronze: Romney
    Just off to the side of the podium: Paul
    In the stands laughing: Bloomberg
    Outside the stadium trying to bum a ticket: Kucinich

    Clinton and Obama have proved they are fundraising giants. Romney squeaked by Paul at the last second because he can make a 15 million dollar donation to his own campaign at any time.

  • Dominick08

    Fundraising:

    >Gold=Hillary Clinton. (She’s got the Big Mo after winning the last two primaries.)

    >Silver=Barack Obama. (Continues to raise plenty of money. Will get an additional $ jolt when he wins the South Carolina primary. Has lots of small donors who haven’t come close to maxing out on contributions.)

    >Bronze=John McCain (Mac is Back and the GOP money folks want to hege their bets as he is looking more and more like the nominee. Cash is already beginning to flow in to the campaign accounts.)

  • RobertW

    Gold: Clinton (can’t believe I wrote that)
    Silver: Romney
    Bronze: Obama

    Despite the fact that Obama has raised more money overall, I feel that Romney’s economic experience will help him raise more money from during a time where the economy seems to be the big issue.

  • David Kaiser

    Gold – Barack Obama
    Silver – Ron Paul
    Bronze – Hillary Clinton