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To: arun gera who wrote (21347)	8/18/2007 12:10:52 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217940

Arun, I'm not sure I understood what you're trying to say in response to the posting. See, you mention a 'big cause' and then you mention a political campaign. These are two distinct things: a big a cause and a political campaign. We know what a politica campaign is all about. ( see below article.) Now a big cause? Today any "big cause" is a NGO well connected to some slick guys trying to make cool money! At 54 do I qualify as young? US-style politics comes to Iran Published: August 16 2007 19:23 \| Last updated: August 16 2007 19:23 Amir Mohebian, one of Iran’s most avidly read political columnists, is establishing a marketing agency to offer services to would-be politicians from across the political spectrum. “We estimate that 250,000 candidates for local councils spend around 2m tomans [about $2,200] each,” he told Observer. “That’s a big market.” The new company will advise on speeches and websites as well as conducting and interpreting opinion polls. Campaigning has become far more sophisticated in recent years in Iran, which has frequent elections. The people next go to the polls in March to choose a parliament and again in 2009 to elect a president. “We expect more work in the provinces, where lists [drawn up by political factions] are far less important than in Tehran,” says Mohebian, who writes for Resalat, the conservative daily. Mohebian, a great admirer of Nico Machiavelli, has long followed western politics. He stresses the Americans are “the specialists” in political marketing. “I believe we can get someone elected to parliament for 10m tomans,” he says, with a hint of mischief. “This means for 1bn tomans, you could have a 100-strong faction [in the 273-seat parliament].” Some years ago Mohebian wrote a PhD on Leo Strauss, the American philosopher regarded as the spiritual father of the neoconservatives.