What's in a Name? Everything in U.S. President Race

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	What's in a Name? Everything in U.S. President Race

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2-23-2008 8:12 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/41369363-22b8-468f-8af5-b5440ffbbab0/9BD086CE-654A-4002-A167-5C3B32B2DA80/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true" href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true" style="font-size: 11px;">uk.reuters.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true">Just call her Hillary. Say hello to Barack.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true"><P>This year's crop of U.S. presidential candidates are using distinctive first and last names to connect with voters and create a brand that they hope will resonate on Election Day.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true"><P>So what's in a name? Quite a bit when you're running for the most powerful position in the world. The trick, analysts and observers say, is how to use those names to woo voters.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true"><P>"Names are brands," said Christopher Hull, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University who specializes in presidential primaries.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true"><P>"'Hillary' is not that common a name and therefore it is an easy one to brand."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true"><P>"Hillary's kind of a nice, fun name. I think that ... she has to use that to her advantage. I think she needs it."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true"><P>Obama, on the other hand, has coupled his unusual-sounding names with a revival-like campaign. Packed stadiums often greet him by calling out "Obama, Obama" over and over again.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN1337439620080214?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true">Obama rarely mentions his middle name, Hussein.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9BD086CE-654A-4002-A167-5C3B32B2DA80/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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