Jack Pitney
Jack Pitney
William Jackson "Jack" Pitneywas an American marketing executive with BMW as vice president of marketing, where he played a major role in convincing company leadership to go ahead with distribution of the MINI in the United States, despite concerns that car buyers there would not buy cars that small given the popularity of sport utility vehicles...
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It was a clear sign from grass-roots organizations that politicians ought to pay attention to the illegal immigration issue.
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It matters a lot for the party activists. It matters some for primary voters. And it matters a little for undecided general election voters. Even if it matters for 5 percent of the electorate ? no candidate can ignore that.
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It's a missed opportunity. Had it gone through, he could begin to rebuild his image as a bipartisan problem-solver. He can still do that, but as the year wears on, partisan conflict will make that harder.
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It's a happy coincidence of his sponsorship of a popular measure and now a favorable budget situation. It's one bit of good luck after a line of bad luck and lets him wear the white hat again.
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It is 2006, and time is running out. There are only so many more setbacks he can absorb.
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They (the Republicans) certainly passed up a chance to help him. He's not worse off than he was a week ago, but he's no better off, either.
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A lot of these folks don't have a great deal of political experience and very often they get off to a strong start, but their lack of experience shows over the course of the campaign. They make rookie mistakes, aren't careful in how they phrase their positions and don't come across in an appealing way to voters.
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They need to have a mental clearance sale at the White House. We're not anywhere near the Nixon bunker crisis, but what's going on over there right now is a serious problem.
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They have the opportunity to build appealing images, but there is also a real chance that they will tear each other down, or that the Republicans will do it for them. In trial heats, Angelides and Westly are not running far ahead of Schwarzenegger.
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That's why an early announcement makes sense. Nobody wants to give to a campaign that may never start.
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This kind of appeal is a good seed catalogue.
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After governor, most people are pretty hazy about what these offices do. I'd be surprised if one Californian out of 100 can tell you the difference between the controller and treasurer.
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I think you'll see a more subdued governor. He'll be someone who chooses his words more carefully and who sweats the details with more rigor.
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If it's a bad year for Schwarzenegger, it's kind of hard to see how McClintock would win anyway. If it's a good year for Schwarzenegger, the alliance could work to McClintock's benefit.