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John F. Kerry's Spanish campaign

For the first time, a US Presidential candidate has launched a campaign in Spain in an effort to win the votes of the 200,000 Americans who live here. We talked to the Spaniard leading John F. Kerry's campaign a long way from Washington.

Juan Verde was born in the Canary Islands, thousands of kilometres from the White House. But this 34-year-old high-flier is leading the first campaign ever launched in Spain specifically to attract the votes of expat Americans living here. Verde, who read politics and international science at Boston University and then got a Masters in public administration at Harvard. He was political and economic advisor to the mayor of Boston, then a consultant on overseas trade at the White House during the Clinton administration. Verde was elected as a Democratic delegate in Massachusetts in 1997 and has worked on campaigns for Edward and Joe Kennedy, Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

Ok, he's a hard core Donk flunky from my ex-state of Mass.

There are thought to be up to 200,000 Americans living and working in Spain. They are made up of a wide variety of people, from the servicemen and women stationed at the main US base at La Rota, business people, professionals, diplomats, or simply retirees. The Kerry campaign believes it can win the votes of between 35,000-50,000 American expats. It is part of a worldwide campaign targeted at some 4 million Americans living oversees whose votes could be crucial when America goes to the polls in November. The idea to launch country-specific campaigns came from Kerry's sister Diana, who is heading an international Democrat campaign.

It goes on to interview Juan. Interesting look at a campaign that is flying below press radar, wonder if US election rules apply? If Kerry is so desperate for these overseas votes, will the donks allow the overseas military to vote this time?

Posted by: Steve 2004-07-14

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