Talk about political posturing. I thought McCain picking Palin was a political stunt … but his latest move is even more outlandish. As everyone has heard by now, McCain announced that he’s going to suspend his campagin to focus on the economy. My head is swirling with reactions. A stream of random reactions: McCain’s economic […]
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Carefully Crafted on September 24
Carefully Crafted on September 16
Carly's "Pot Calling the Kettle Black" Moment
Former HP CEO and outspoken McCain campaign surrogate Carly Fiorina said that Sarah Palin is not qualified to run a Fortune 500 company. (I would venture to guess that that’s probably true, but that’s a different topic.) Presumably after the McCain campaign told Fiorina that she needed to undo the damage caused by this “foot […]
Carefully Crafted on September 15
McCain: Out of touch or victim of bad writing?
Campaigning today in Florida, John McCain once again said the fundamentals of our economy are strong. While that is a position to be debated by economists who know way more about this topic than I do, I’d just like to point out that from a campaigning and messaging perspective, that’s probably not a soundbyte McCain wants […]
Carefully Crafted on September 03
Finally, she speaks …
Rudy just finished. His speech was one low blow after the next. I think that pretty much sums up why I’ll never vote Republican. Being a POW doesn’t qualify anyone to be president. And, I think it’s stupid to attack Obama for being a community organizer. No, it’s not your typical road to the White […]
Carefully Crafted on September 02
Military Service and Campaigns
From CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin on one of the oddities of American politics: If you look at the last four presidential elections, the four men with the more honorable military record lost. (Bush, Sr., Dole, Gore, Kerry) Why is that? And, what does that mean for the McCain campaign?
Carefully Crafted on September 02
Troops, Obama and McCain
Take this for what you will … According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he […]
Carefully Crafted on September 01
Palin's PR Strategy
Any smart PR person will tell you that if you have a story that needs to be “buried” there are two ways to go — pick an incredibly busy news day so it gets lost amongst the clutter, or aim for a holiday when people aren’t paying attention. Well, it so happens that today is […]
Carefully Crafted on August 31
McCain Insults Women
This whole Palin debate is frustrating. As Fox News put it, the McCain camp is hoping the “Palin narrative” will appeal to women because McCain is trailing Obama among women in the polls. Palin is no Hillary Clinton — yet McCain hopes to trick less-informed women into voting for her anyway You know — Palin’s […]
Carefully Crafted on August 29
Sarah Who?
I know absolutely nothing about Sarah Palin, so I’ll reserve my comments about her political stances and what she brings to the ticket for a later time. But, it’s worth noting that multiple people in my office think John McCain picked Palin to be his VP in an attempt to woo Hillary supporters. As my […]
Carefully Crafted on August 22
Random Thoughts about the Veepstakes
Seriously … when is Obama going to name his VP? I can’t tell you have many times I’ve checked Drudge today. I’m traveling tomorrow, so I’m going to miss all the fanfare. Crap! P.S. If you’re a betting man, check out www.intrade.com . According to the gamblers, Biden’s almost a sure thing and Mitt’s the leading […]