Archive for 2007

Whitehouse Press secretary Dana Perino, before taking off for Thanksgiving, laid the blame squarely on the Democrats for not giving President Bush his war money with no strings attached.

For his refreshing honesty and crisp, genuine answers in last night’s Democratic debates in Las Vegas, Dennis Kucinich wins this week’s Message of the Week Award. In this short clip, Dennis says that he voted against the Patriot Act because “he read it.” “The President of the United States is […]

While it’s heartening to see that someone is listening out there, it’s a little disheartening to see that it’s President Bush’s speech writers. This past week Bush made a speech in which he accused Congress of “acting like a teenager with a new credit card.” Does anyone else see any […]

Election 2008 is starting to get fun. This week we introduce the Message of the Week Award. This award will go to the candidate who does the best job of explaining their vision. Without further ado, our inaugural MOTWA goes to the candidate who set a new record for fund […]

The past week featured a Senate flap around the confirmation of Michael Mukasey. I say flap because it’s not really a fight as his confirmation seems all but inevitable given his past support from Senator Chuck Schumer. Glenn Greenwald wrote that Democratic Senators seem to lack conviction in many of […]

Last night’s presidential debate featured a great one-line from Senator Joe Biden. When asked a question based on Giuliani’s suggestion that Hillary Clinton may not be qualified to be President. Biden attacked Giuliani: “The irony is Rudy Giuliani, probably the most underqualified man since George Bush to seek the Presidency, […]

In the picture shown, who would you say is the Republican and who the Democrat?

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. This is a very simple concept yet very difficult to execute because the temptation is to want to fight anywhere, to want to argue head to head.

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 […]

It’s like the schoolyard all over again. Republicans calling Democrats names and Democrats backing down again and again in the hopes that this strategy will keep the Republicans from calling them names. Does everyone seem to understand this except the Democrats? Tim Grieve asks, “Will the Democrats ever learn?” In […]