Not everyone in Oregon gambles. But to succeed a lottery needs a class of people who are problem gamblers and pathological gamblers.

There needs to be a commitment to fund an annual class, but before that, there needs to be back-to-back classes or overlapping classes to even reach 1,248.

For the corps to persuade people that it is part of the solution and not part of the problem, it will have to change its behavior, ... Continuing the practice of spreading funding across a wide range of projects in the hopes of growing the corps program will not be an acceptable answer. We have to return to a situation where the Corps of Engineers is respected for its professional engineering judgment.

Having a great ad campaign is not enough anymore. Any company wanting to succeed in selling nationwide needs to market with the following in mind: their audience in every area of the country; regional viewpoints and beliefs; purchasing drivers; information sources; -- and most of all -- what types of promotions (print, radio, TV, internet, etc.) work best in each given market. Many opportunities are being missed simply because marketers are unaware of the regional preferences affecting purchasing behavior.

If I were a student taking this class, I would get the impression that the most important people in the history of this nation were convinced, unequivocally, that it was founded by Christians, for Christians. That seems like advocacy to me.

Her problem is that people seem to have formed their opinions and they're not changing their opinion. She's not reintroducing herself to Florida voters.