An ad aired by the campaign of Governor Michael Dukakis focused on Gephardt's " flip-flopping " voting record, and showed a Gephardt look-alike doing forward and backward flips for the camera.

He worked for the Dick Gephardt campaign during the 1988 Democratic primaries, including Gephardt's surprise victory in the Iowa caucus, but after Gephardt's defeat, Shrum helped Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis in preparing for his debates against Vice President George Bush.

In the winter of 2000, Plouffe joined AKPD Message and Media but left briefly to serve as a strategist for Gephardt's unsuccessful Presidential bid.

At the Republican Convention Dewey was verbally attacked by pro-Taft delegates and speakers as the real power behind Eisenhower, but he had the satisfaction of seeing Eisenhower win the nomination and end Taft's presidential hopes for the last time.

In that campaign, candidate Clinton forswore many older Democratic policies in favor of centrist Third Way policies that were championed by the Democratic Leadership Council in hopes of reconnecting with many working class voters who had begun to vote Republican in presidential campaign since 1968 — the Silent Majority of Nixon and the Reagan Democrats.

In a Doha Debate Forum televised by the BBC in 2006, Moussa was asked about his presidential hopes.

Still convinced he was destined to become president, Chandler attended the 1956 Democratic National Convention with hopes of securing the party's presidential nomination.

It revoked the presidential powers and changed Pakistan from a semi-presidential system of government to a parliamentary republic, with great hopes of governmental stability in the future.

Letcher wrote to Crittenden that a Whig split and Democratic victory in the gubernatorial election would have an injurious effect on Whig hopes of carrying Kentucky in the 1848 presidential election ; another former Whig governor, Thomas Metcalfe, concurred.

Wright was offered the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1844, as a sop to followers of Van Buren, who had been disappointed in his hopes for renomination, but declined instead running for the position of Governor of New York.

: The Israeli army's siege of Yasser Arafat amid the ruins of his bulldozed presidential compound could mean " the death " of hopes for a Palestinian state and a peace agreement, said Terje Roed Larsen the United Nations ' most senior envoy to the Middle East.

Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama sing of their presidential hopes.

Unable to run for re-election in 1936, Talmadge chose to challenge Senator Russell in the primary, but Russell defeated Talmadge by a landslide, and Talmadge's presidential hopes collapsed.

In 2003 and 2004, the Hispanic Project produced more than twenty commercials on Spanish-language television, radio and Internet that sought to speak directly to America's growing Latino community and highlight the values and ideals that they see as the bond between Hispanic voters and progressive causes, and has recently stepped up its ad campaigns and project initiatives in hopes of reclaiming lost ground among those voters as evidenced by the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.

The phrase in reverse is echoed in Abraham Lincoln's words in his February 26, 1860, Cooper Union Address (" Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it ") in his attempt to defend a policy of neutral engagement with those who practised slavery, perhaps to appear more nationally oriented and religiously convicted in hopes of winning the presidential election later that year ( which he did ).

An opponent of the Republican presidential candidate Warren G. Harding, Chancellor wrote a study of his family just prior to the 1920 election alleging that Harding had an African-American ancestor, in the hopes of turning voters against him based on prejudices of the time.

Including cameo appearances from Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe, Kerry Washington, pop punk band Yellowcard's front man, Ryan Key, John Leguizamo, Regina King, Tyrese Gibson, Eric Mabius, Tichina Arnold, Adrianne Palicki, comedian George Lopez, and singers Macy Gray, Zoe Kravitz and The Black Eyed Peas ' Taboo, the video features everyone chanting " O-BA-MA " as a portrayal as their hopes and wishes for Barack Obama and his presidential campaign.

Paraga and the HSP had high hopes of becoming the major political factor before the 1992 presidential and parliamentary elections, but those hopes, despite of the HSP colourful rallies being well-attended, did not materialise.

This new party was intended to attract moderates and had high hopes for the 1992 presidential and parliamentary elections, being perceived as the strongest opposition party in Croatia.

The FSA job gave McNutt high visibility, but his presidential hopes ended because Roosevelt decided to seek a third term.

An indictment over corruption in 2007 damaged Ma's election hopes, but he eventually ended up winning the 2008 presidential election.

Yarrington was also accused of allegedly receiving money from Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the former drug boss of the Gulf cartel, to finance his political campaign for the presidential campaign in 2005 against Roberto Madrazo ; according to the reports of Animal Político, Osiel asked Costilla Sánchez and Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, his associates, to send millions of dollars to Yarrington's collaborators, with hopes of escaping from prison if Yarrington became president, just like Joaquín Guzmán Loera ( a. k. a. El Chapo ).

New York Republicans originally had high hopes of mounting a serious challenge to Clinton, and derailing her expected future presidential bid.

That same year, first parliamentary and presidential elections were held.

" Although legal, Clinton's actions were criticized by conservatives and some Vietnam veterans during his presidential campaign in 1992.

The presenters often have expertise in the story they are sent to cover, for example, former Paris correspondent Jon Sopel presented coverage of the 2007 French presidential elections, while channel presenters and former reporters Ben Brown and Clive Myrie were dispatched to Cairo and Tripoli during the Middle East uprisings.

Déby won a flawed 63 % first-round victory in May 2001 presidential elections after legislative elections were postponed until spring 2002.

Cameroon's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held in 1992 followed by municipal elections in 1996 and another round of legislative and presidential elections in 1997.

Despite these shortcomings, and his promise to step down at the end of the transition, Bozizé contested the 13 March 2005 presidential elections in which all of the leading opposition candidates were allowed to run except for Patassé.

At the same time, presidential elections were held which were won by a moderate, Stjepan Mesić.

Although presidential and legislative elections were scheduled repeatedly over the next two years, they never took place.

Two FRUD members were made cabinet members, and in the presidential elections of 1999 the FRUD campaigned in support of the RPP.

Two FRUD members were made cabinet members, and in the presidential elections of 1999 the FRUD campaigned in support of the RPP.

Congressional and first-round presidential elections were held on May 31, 1998.

The 1962 constitution had provided the presidential system for both provincial states ( West Pakistan and East Pakistan ) that each states were given autonomy to run their separate presidential provincial governments.

He ran unsuccessfully for president of the United States in 1980, but was chosen by party nominee Ronald Reagan to be the vice presidential nominee, and the two were subsequently elected.

Serious civil disturbances, which were heavily respressed by the presidential guard, led to an agreement between the government and opposition factions to work toward a political settlement.

An opinion poll conducted by the Georgian weekly Kviris Palitra and published on April 10, 2006 suggested that Salome Zourabichvili would garner 23. 1 % of votes if a presidential election were held today.

In 2001 Conté organized and won a referendum to lengthen the presidential term and in 2003 begun his third term after elections were boycotted by the opposition.

Captain Moussa ( Dadis ) Camara told Radio France International on 28 September the shootings by members of his presidential guard were beyond his control.

In 1994, 20 years after independence from Portugal, the country's first multiparty legislative and presidential elections were held.

In June 2005, presidential elections were held for the first time since the coup that deposed Ialá.

Following the 1998-99 civil war, presidential and legislative elections were again held, bringing opposition leader Kumba Ialá and his Party for Social Renewal to power.

The cyan forms, the US flag, Seal of the President of the United States | presidential seal and the Caslon lettering were all designed at different times and combined by designer Raymond Loewy in this one final design.

Despite growing unrest and severe economic strains, the 1932 presidential elections in Honduras were relatively peaceful and fair.