Obama’s Grandmother died tonight
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Chris just called with the sad news.
Thoughts on Obamamercial after sleeping on it
Thursday, October 30th, 2008I have been heads down this morning and not had a chance to see what smarter political analysts are saying about last night's 30 minute Obama Infomercial, but here's my gut: After sleeping on it, I thought the Obamamercial was beautiful and touching, but will not move the undecided’s one point. ...
Potentially great Obama ad fails the “Ray Charles” test
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008ANR just sent me this new Obama add called "His Choice" and it is driving me crazy. Why? It fails the "Beethoven Test." Let me explain. When I reviewed our TV advertising for AIR MILES, the agency knew it had to pass what I called the "Ray Charles" and "Beethoven" tests. ...
David Gergen Fan Club Part II – Joe the plumber on Obama and Israel
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Just back form DC and heard David Gergen on CNN: "I thought last night we had reached the limits of absurdity by talking yet one more time about the topic of Sarah Palin's wardrobe, but today they went even higher with Joe the Plumber with John McCain offering views about Israel." Here's ...
Closing arguments?
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Chris Richardson writes: I cannot get over how different the two campaigns are in the final week of the race. Look at Obama: he is re-articulating the main points and themes of his entire campaign. The "Are you better off/will you be better off?" ad. He appears composed, confident but not cocky. And ...
Reagan a socialist?
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008I have been a fan of David Gergen since he joined the Clinton administration, not because I was a fan of Clinton (because at the time I wasn’t), but because I admired his bi-partisan commitment to serve the presidency. I now find him by far the most balanced (maybe ...
Expert on youth vote says campaign has been “way over” for weeks
Sunday, October 26th, 2008John Della Volpe, the founder of Social Sphere Strategies and Director of Polling at Harvard's Institute of Politics, sent me an email yesterday with permission to quote him: Obama is doing 3x as well as Kerry among millennials. Also winning every other major subgroup. This has been way over ...
16 days to go: Obama WV campaign; fundraising; Powell Endorsement
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Iphone app now called Slate Poll Tracker '08 Obama 313 McCain 160 Tossup 65 This is one of those days where there is just too much to report on. Before leaving for church, I saw this great article ...
MSNBC Analysis of Debate and state of the race
Thursday, October 16th, 2008Andy Richardson just sent this to me. A well done summary of yesterdays developments. Watch the clip if you have a few minutes. Here's a summary: 1. McCain played well to the base in last night's debates, but did nothing to reach out to independents 2. Obama reached out to independents ...
