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Edwards approval falls off cliff
Submitted by bniolet on 2009-10-19 08:38
John Edwards' approval rating among Americans has fallen 27 points, the steepest drop Gallup has measured since 1992.
In January 2008, the Gallup poll held Edwards at a 48 percent approval. Twenty-two months and one big sex scandal later and Edwards approval was 21 percent.
Edwards decline puts him atop the list of celebrities who have, mostly because of personal or professional troubles seen big drops in public approval, according to Gallup. Edwards peers include Jesse Jackson (24-point drop after a spike in approval from a diplomatic mission), Sammy Sosa (24-point drop after a bat-doctoring scandal), Tom Cruise, (23-point drop after lots of bad PR) and Martha Stewart (16-point drop after an insider trading scandal).
The Gallup survey of 1,013 Americans was conducted Oct. 1-4 and had a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
What is the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner?
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2008-05-01 14:00An annual dinner held in the spring or Raleigh by the state Democratic Party since 1930.
The event serves three purposes: Raising money for the party, rallying the faithful ahead of the May primaries and serving as a platform for state candidates.
Speakers have included Vice Presidents Lyndon Johnson in 1963 and Walter Mondale in 1977; Democratic presidential candidates Al Gore, Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson in 1988; Texas Gov. Ann Richards in 1998; U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh in 2006; and U.S. Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in 2008.
The next dinner will be held in Durham on May 2, 2009, with Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine as the keynote speaker.
The event began in 1930 as the annual Jackson Dinner held by the Young Democrats and named for former President Andrew Jackson, who may or may not have been born in North Carolina.
A decade later, the state Democratic Party began its annual Jefferson Dinner in honor of former President Thomas Jefferson.
In 1948, the two events merged.
It is usually held in Raleigh in April or May, although it has been held in Cary as well.
A similar event, the Vance-Aycock Dinner, is held in Asheville every year.
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Jefferson-Jackson in 1988
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2008-05-01 13:47The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner hasn't been this exciting in 20 years.
The Democratic Party's annual fundraiser has been going since 1930, attracting such notable guests as Vice President Lyndon Johnson in 1963.
But it's not been as big a deal as it will be tomorrow since the last time North Carolina's presidential primary was meaningful in 1988.
That year, 2,000 Democrats gathered at the N.C. State Fairgrounds to hear from three of the five active presidential candidates: Al Gore, Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson. (Note to younger readers: The dinner is not named for him.)
Michael Dukakis and Dick Gephardt, the other two candidates that year, did not attend.
According to a New York Times account of the evening by Tar Heel native Tom Wicker, "Gore backers made the most noise, though the Senator's speech did not much rouse the audience."
Gore won North Carolina on that year's Super Tuesday, but lost the nomination to Dukakis.
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