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I don’t always agree with Dennis Kucinich. But when the Congressman from Cleveland is right, he’s right. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

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. Read the rest of this entry »

The music is slowing down. The recession hot potato is getting ready to land in the President’s lap. Or maybe Speaker Pelosi or Senator Reid will be holding it when the song stops next November.

A new CNN poll shows the Bush/Republican economic meltdown is starting to become the Obama/Democratic Recession. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s some recent data to motivate every Democratic leader and progressive organization for 2010. Republican voters are significantly more enthused than Democrats about getting out to vote next year.

The Pew Center poll on November 8 found that voters who plan to support Republicans for Congress had a 16 point advantage over Democrats in their enthusiasm about voting. Read the rest of this entry »

Ronald Reagan had a law for party unity: “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” But Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and GOPers who want to be President don’t agree. Read the article Read the rest of this entry »

After a few years of election night wakes, Republicans were finally celebrating. The GOP won the “odd year” sweepstakes and picked up governor’s mansions in New Jersey and Virginia. Conservative candidates ran reasonable-sounding, mostly mainstream campaigns that appealed to the middle. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m a big believer in openness and honesty. But there’s such a thing as saying too much. That’s a problem for lots of Democrats on taxes.

We can’t seem to stop talking about them. Stop explaining them. Even stop saying the dreaded “T “word. Read the rest of this entry »