September 15, 2010
More Lessons Learned
Here are some more lessons learned from the primaries last night: 1) Conservatives aren’t going to vote for a candidate based only on electability: The principle reason that Castle gave to primary voters was that O’Donnell wasn’t electable. That may...
September 15, 2010
The Loser Strategy
Erik Erickson has become famous for his visceral hatred of the Republican Party, and of course earlier this year he was immediately hired by CNN to represent the Republican view on various shows. Erickson let the cat out of the...
September 14, 2010
Mixing the Message on Purpose
John Boehner, the House Minority Leader, mixed his message on the tax battle on purpose this weekend. I, for one, think it was a pretty clever move. Bob Schieffer, the CBS Face the Nation host, tried to nail Boehner down...
September 13, 2010
Lesson Learned
Mike Castle learned Lisa Murkowski’s lesson. Let’s see if it works for him. Castle, the former Governor and current House Member from Delaware, is seeking a promotion (of sorts) to the Upper Chamber, and if he can survive a primary...
September 10, 2010
Fine Print World
We live in a fine print world. The devil is in the details, as the saying goes, and boy, the devil is having a field day these days. You leave your phone on while you travel into a foreign country,...
September 9, 2010
Plan Colombia
The Colombian Ambassador Carolina Barco held a reception in honor of my old boss, former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert. Barco was effusive in her praise of Denny, who in the mid-1990’s took a keen interest her country. Back then,...