The Democrats, who later split over the issue, nominated William Jennings Bryan, a populist, after his famous "cross of gold" speech at the convention.
The poll showed that economic management had risen as an issue nominated by voters as highly influential in their voting decision.
The other gem in the KTVA news piece is the anxiety-ridden, beady-eyed Palin speaking at some sort of art gallery function about why, before supposedly firing Monagen for failing to address rural alcohol issues (her cover story) she had, two weeks before, praised his work on the issue and nominated him to be Director of the Alaska State Beverage Control Commission.
The board was, according to a press release issued today, "nominated by a wide spread of publishers who have signed contracts with Ipso".
To win in New Jersey he has had to embrace moderate positions on certain social issues — he even nominated a Muslim to the bench — that make heads swivel on the conservative outer edges that increasingly define the national party.
The Obama administration has also been faulted — a permanent American ambassador at the United States Mission to oversee reform issues was not nominated until November and has not yet been confirmed.
In that regard, though, it may be worth noting that of the four foreign-language films dealing with such issues that were nominated for the foreign-language Oscar this year, one ("Incendies") came from Canada and another ("Biutiful") from Mexico.
Mr Souter too had only a sparse paper trail on controversial issues; he was nominated to the court in 1990 by the current president's father, who wanted to avoid the kind of bruising confirmation battle that Ronald Reagan had faced over Robert Bork.
Founder and President of Leadership Council for Human Rights, Kathryn has dedicated her career to working on critical human rights issues, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts.
The JUNOs should have caught this issue before nominating him for this national award.
