The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is trying to turn up the heat on a number of House Republicans who voted against the stimulus bill, while turning a blind eye to a handful of Democratic Members who voted the exact same way. Over the past two weeks, the DCCC has sent out a series of “hypocrisy […]
Much of the talk about “nationalizing” our country’s banks borders on the ridiculous, with journalists and television celebrities more interested in getting attention than in explaining what is going on or might develop. If you watch Sean Hannity on Fox News, you probably now believe that the United States had taken a dramatic turn toward […]
Apparently if you wanted to be in President Obama’s administration, you should have given a Democratic response to one of President Bush’s State of the Union speeches. Commerce designee Gary Locke (2003) Former Commerce designee Bill Richardson (2004 — Spanish response) Former Health and Human Services designee Tom Daschle (2001 & 2004) Rumored Health and […]
It’s so widely accepted as a truth that the Republican Party is clinically dead in the Northeast that no warnings to the contrary would even get a second look. But like so many other sweeping generalizations with more than a grain of truth, the death of the GOP in the Mid-Atlantic and New England states […]
In the modern age of texts and Tweets, it’s not sexy to talk about direct mail. The latest issue of Fast Company magazine named Barack Obama’s presidential campaign the world’s most innovative company, topping Google, Facebook, Amazon and everyone else. “The team has become the envy of marketers both in and out of politics for […]
Often, when a new president or a new political party takes control of government, an uptick in public sentiment follows. So it shouldn’t be surprising that there is some evidence of a small spike in optimism about President Barack Obama and the future. What’s stunning, however, is the growing economic pessimism, both on Main Street […]
One election cycle blurs into the next one, so it should come as no surprise to anyone that last month I interviewed four candidates who are considering running in 2010. Republican Adam Kinzinger is looking at Illinois’ 11th district, a seat won in November by freshman Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D), while Michigan Attorney General , […]
After being a key player in House Democrats’ 50-seat gain over the last two election cycles, Jon Vogel is moving to the consulting world. The former top Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee aide is now a partner with the polling firm Global Strategy Group. Vogel began last cycle as the DCCC’s political director and then moved […]
Either Congressional Democrats went from undeniably brilliant to unbelievably inept in just a few weeks, or being in the majority in Congress isn’t nearly as easy as being the opposition. Those seem to be the two obvious alternatives that follow from the problems Democrats have had selling an economic stimulus package that began with considerable […]