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A year’s an eternity in politics. 20 months is an eon. That’s what 2009 year-end polls are showing when it comes to Hillary Clinton’s image. (more…)

Two of our favorite clients are in the news these days for doing what they think is right, not just what’s easy.  (more…)

I don’t always agree with Dennis Kucinich. But when the Congressman from Cleveland is right, he’s right. (more…)

I meant to comment on the GE CEO’s surprising frankness a few days ago but I’ve been focused on planning shoots and writing campaign plans. Anyway,  Jeffrey Immelt’s comments at West Point last week are definitely worth reading. (more…)

It’s easy to get jaded in this business and forget why we do this.

But then a leader steps up and reminds us what honesty, guts and public service are about.

We’re proud of our client Alderman Tom Allen for leading the charge in the Chicago City Council this week against a budget that raids hundreds of millions of dollars from what was promised to be a “perpetual” reserve fund. (more…)

Okay, it’s really more like 7 and a half minutes. But that’s still pretty fast…

I was traveling yesterday when the Marriage Equality vote went down in New York, so I missed the debate.  I assumed it was more of the same rhetoric we’ve been hearing in other parts of the country with the wrong result.

But State Senator Diane Savino summed up the issue in an amazingly smart, heartfelt, common-sense statement that cuts to the core of what is really at stake with marriage equality. (more…)

I’ve been accused by more than one campaign manager and even a few candidates of being a pain in the ass for asking lots of questions about the details of their candidacy filing, financial disclosures and campaign finance reports. They’ve called me paranoid, untrusting or just plain annoying. (more…)