Archive for October, 2007
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Get Something From the Budget Fight
In the picture shown, who would you say is the Republican and who the Democrat?
Interestingly enough, not one person so far has picked the taller person as the Democrat. Everyone guesses the shorter person is the Democrat. I can’t claim to know for certain why this is, but I suspect it has something to do […]
Friday, October 26th, 2007Dems Finally Getting It?
Dave Helfert, a spokesman for Neil Abercrombie (D. Hawaii) circulated a memo this week to Democratic press secretaries urging them to up the rhetoric in the SCHIP fight.
“Why are we defending [the State Children’s Health Insurance Program] instead of advocating a ‘Healthy Kids’ plan?”
Does this mean Democrats may be finally starting to get it? Unfortunately […]
A Smarter War
I heard an account executive once use the phrase “Don’t fight the alligator in the water” to describe how he would change a sales conversation with customers to play to his strengths. The idea is to get the alligator out of the water and onto your turf where you at least stand a fighting chance. […]
Saturday, October 6th, 2007Trust Us, We Know What We’re Doing
President Bush issued a press release this past week about our economy. In addition to talking about the great shape the economy is in, he took a jab at critics of his heavy-handed interrogation strategy.His message? If you want to be safe, trust us. This is basically the message that Bush and the Republicans have […]