Talk:Steve Cohen (politician)

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On 18 July 2021, it was proposed that this article be moved from Steve Cohen to Steve Cohen (politician). The result of the discussion was moved.

"Underprivledged students"[edit]

The lottery may have been "designed" or intended by Cohen and others to fund scholarships for "underprivledged" children, but in reality its major beneficiaries are the children of the upper-middle-class who would have largely gone to college in any event. Rlquall 20:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a source for that, Rlquall? I'd like to read more about it if you do. Thanks! · j e r s y k o talk · 20:51, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Military[edit]

How did Cohen, who would have been of prime draft age for the Vietnam War, avoid that given his later desire fore public service? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.49.27.38 (talk) 01:00, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of current campaign fracas?[edit]

See here Tomer ^talk 20:07, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That blog post is really overstating the "fracas". Cohen is heavily favored to win, and was way ahead in the only poll released. There is certainly a bit of antisemitism and perhaps some racism going on, but it's not going to come close to knocking Cohen out of office, so it's hardly worth mentioning. Interwebs (talk) 22:59, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We clearly have different ideas of what constitutes "a bit of antisemitism"... The point stands, however... not only is there no mention of the fracas, no matter how minor you might consider it to be, there is no mention of the current race whatsoever. Tomer ^talk 04:48, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the point only stands if it's being covered in reliable sources. If you can find articles about the race in newspapers (for example) instead of blogs, it should be discussed here of course. The only point of my comment was that given the 60% to 15% poll number favoring a Cohen victory, I doubt this is making much of a stir in major media. Also, I did not intend to provide any excuse for racism or antisemitism. Interwebs (talk) 12:50, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so kindly for the remedial Wikipedia lesson. I submit, for your review, the following results from this gsearch:

Slavery Measure Could Figure in Tenn. Primary by Ben Pershing
Tinker files to take on Cohen again, setting up racially charged primary
Memphis Pol Gets Cold Shoulder in Racially Charged Electoral Rematch
CBC PAC Aids Cohen Foe
Cohen, Tinker Split Black Caucus Support
Ohio lawmaker backs Tinker over Cohen even though Tinker not yet ready for big time
Cohen, Tubbs Jones have words over her support of primary challenger
Consensus candidate effort taps Tinker, says spokesperson (What's the consensus? "Blacks can't be represented by a Jesus-hating Jew")
Fliers urge voters not to elect a "Jew."

He's supposedly doing well:

Steve Cohen for Congress: Cohen has shown that he has the skills and experience needed to continue to effectively represent his 9th District constituents.
Cohen leads Tinker in 9th District fundraising
Cohen holds 3-to-1 fundraising edge over Tinker

But that doesn't stop the NYT from kibbitzing:

Tennessee's Cohen Faces Tough 2008 Re-Election Bid

And just to show that it's really just politics as usual (and the only difference between Tinker and Cohen is that Tinker is a black woman and Cohen is a "Jesus-hating Jew"):

Tinker, Cohen invoke Obama in fight for congressional seat

Enjoy your reading! Tomer ^talk 15:19, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There are certainly several reliable sources in that list of articles. Feel free to add their discussion of the race to the article if you like; I certainly won't oppose it! For what it's worth, the current race is mentioned briefly in this article (see the House of Representatives subsection), though the coverage is rather deficient. At the same time, WP:UNDUE is a concern of mine given the likely landslide victory (compare, for example, coverage of the 2008 race to coverage of the 2006 race in the media). Interwebs (talk) 16:50, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why does article use Harold, Jr. instead of Harold Ford Jr?[edit]

I didn't change it, since maybe it's in there for a reason, but why does the article keep referring to Harold Ford Jr. as "Harold, Jr." Seems a bit strange to not say his last name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.101.1.128 (talk) 15:54, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it was strange. It's the kind of informal locution that people use in conversation, in blogs, and possibly even in the news media, but I think it's inappropriate in an encyclopedia. I edited those out. --Orlady (talk) 16:08, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article is not written impartially; this is quite obvious from the tone. Like the phrase "easily dispatched" in In the general election, Cohen easily dispatched Republican challenger Charlotte Bergmann, taking 74 percent of the vote to Bergmann's 25 percent. or the use of "trounced" in In the general election, Cohen trounced Republican businessman George Flinn with 75 percent of the vote. Probably Cohen wrote much of the article himself. Consider e.g. the phrase "first choice for a committee assignment" below. Who would know or include such information? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi assigned Cohen to serve on the House Judiciary Committee, which was Cohen's first choice for a committee assignment, as well as the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. There are many other examples of this type of partiality throughout the article.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:a000:1217:14c:98f4:e233:e44b:5e1a (talk) 14:29, 6 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

the trivia section[edit]

i've added info about Cohen's removal of a journalist from his home. i believe the statement i have added is overwhelmingly reliably sourced in the mainstream media, but i am not sure that putting it in the 'trivia' section was the best place for it. comments? Theserialcomma (talk) 20:07, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The whole thing was in furtherance of Cohen's bid for reelection. Thus, it should probably go in the 2008 Dem primary subsection. Interwebs (talk) 20:36, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

i had thought that the panarmenian.net source was maybe questionable too. thanks for fixing. Theserialcomma (talk) 21:32, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Due?[edit]

Is this article[1] due in the bio? - GizzyCatBella🍁 09:54, 30 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 18 July 2021[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Lennart97 (talk) 11:08, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Steve Cohen → Steve Cohen (politician) – The billionaire businessman is more prominent and receives more views [2]. Nohomersryan (talk) 05:33, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support. I think this article should be move to requested title name beacuse it has a disambiguation link see this and no more further discussion should be needed for this article.Fade258 (talk) 06:28, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nomination and Fade258. There are seven men named Steve Cohen listed upon the Steven Cohen disambiguation page, with Stephen Cohen redirecting to it, as should also the WP:NOPRIMARY Steve Cohen. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 08:52, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support the businessman gets 97,217 compared with only 22,680 for the politician. Crouch, Swale (talk) 11:56, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support as per nom. 162 etc. (talk) 17:18, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. LSGH (talk) (contributions) 13:49, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.