tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post718169233109168761..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: Nordies, the second-class Shinners?!O'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-82426921750254611592009-05-08T11:55:00.000+01:002009-05-08T11:55:00.000+01:00Getting enough feet on the ground knocking the doo...<I>Getting enough feet on the ground knocking the doors etc is a difficult job for all parties, so having the surplus capacity which SF undoubtedly do, would be an enormous asset even in Dublin.<br />That being the case, the reaction must have been that bad last time for to pull them off and into the backroom operations</I>Terrible amount of assumptions there - neither of us have seen the report.kenseinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-26258492224944322752009-05-06T07:47:00.000+01:002009-05-06T07:47:00.000+01:00Timothy,
I think their vote will hold up ok in NI...Timothy,<br /><br />I think their vote will hold up ok in NI, the ROI will be quite a different matter.<br /><br />FD,<br /><br />I've updated the post with Devonport's comment.<br /><br />Kensei,<br /><br />Localism to an extent and the point about Dubs' attitudes, yep.<br />But haven't SF used and continue to use Belfast activists outside the city canvassing in certain rural NI elections?<br />O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-85725653812579482482009-05-05T12:06:00.000+01:002009-05-05T12:06:00.000+01:00"Partitionsism"? It's simply localism. The Kerry c..."Partitionsism"? It's simply localism. The Kerry campaign in 2004 had a lot of people on the ground in Ohio but most of them were for out of state. They were well beat by a Bush campaign that had organised local people, more attuned to those issues.<br /><br />I'd take an educated guess that running Belfast activists in the sticks would produce similar responses, particularly if they are not wellkenseinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-40049643765586209452009-05-05T11:29:00.000+01:002009-05-05T11:29:00.000+01:00Clarke's DUP 'sources' seems to have been what he ...Clarke's DUP 'sources' seems to have been what he heard Mark Devenport say on Thursday's hearts and Minds.<br /><br />"My DUP sources were particularly unhappy about one answer in which I surmised that they might not be too keen on putting Diane Dodds into debate with Jim Allister, given his reputation as a tough legal cross examiner."<br />"I pointed out that all the candidates are expected to fair_dealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-29644881717667855512009-05-05T09:54:00.000+01:002009-05-05T09:54:00.000+01:00Elections are always fascinating; It'll be interes...Elections are always fascinating; It'll be interesting to see how the Sinn Fein Vote holds up in the RoI (and in NI, for that matter).Timothy Belmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.com