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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 04:00PM 
Effective branding creates an image that lives far beyond conception. A perfect example of successful GOP branding is Theodore Roosevelt, our 26th president. (Photo from White House website.)Part 1 in an analysis of the 2008 General Election campaign
Since Barack Obama won the presidential election, and a number of new Democratic faces will soon head to the House and Senate, Republicans are doing some rather uncharacteristic navel gazing. From blogs to liberal newspapers, on message boards and via email discussions, GOP faithful are analyzing the down. A family member did more than that on election night. She was furious. Not at Obama. At the GOP.
Politics, US Media, The Information Wars, US Presidential Election, Opinion tagged Obama, McCain, GOP, Dems, branding, political brands, campaigns Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 05:00PM 
In Chicago Congressman Emanuel speaks at a press conference (7-20-07) attended by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), community leaders and environmental activists. (photo Emanuel Congress pages)Various media are reporting President-elect Barack Obama has asked Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) to be White House Chief of Staff. Emanuel became a member of Congress in 2003. Previously he worked as a senior advisor for President Bill Clinton. In 1989 Emanuel served as a senior advisor and chief fundraiser for Richard M. Daley. Aside from the Daley circle, Emanuel is also part of the Paul Simon circle--he worked on Simon’s 1984 election to the U.S. Senate. And here’s where the Chicago tale gets just more interesting. I doubt other media will explore lovely political triangles like this for you.
Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 11:00AM 
On Halloween there are always the requisite witches, pirates and rock stars. But with the general election days away, we’re guaranteed a few glimpses of political personalities. Not long ago, I heard a tap on my office door and there stood Obama, at least from the neck up, courtesy of an amazingly realistic mask. My daughter’s boyfriend has had a ball with that one. I threatened to take the broom to him if he tries to go vote while wearing that mask. A West Hollywood (Calif.) man hung an effigy of Palin from his chimney, perhaps the most tasteless and biased Halloween display this year.
US culture, Celebrities, US Entertainment, US Folklore, Humor tagged Obama, Halloween, McCain, Palin, celebrity costumes Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:16PM Oh, what a tangled web media has woven with its Obama-Biden love affair. When journalists ask tough questions, the Obama-Biden team just can't take it. However, as anyone with half a brain knows, Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin have been grilled, drilled and tossed on the flames since the Democrats announced their official team, eliminating Sen. Hillary Clinton as a favorite target. This video came to light after WFTV Orlando had the nerve to ask Sen. Joe Biden some real questions.
So at least two TV stations have been blacklisted. Ask yourself how an administration will handle tough questions (if they're asked) once one party controls all of Washington. That's happened before you know. When an inexperienced John F. Kennedy took the presidency (some say literally), in short order we had totally screwed up with Cuba and found ourselves in the most unnecessary war in American history. It took 25 years for a reporter to tell us the whole White House was bugged (Oops! They still can't find those tapes).
Two TV stations actually did the job media should do: shine a hard light on candidates. That's what every media outlet in the nation has done with the GOP candidates. But 'progressives' have a hard time forgiving and now another station goes on the Democratic no-can-interview list.
Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10:06AM 
A Washington Post story published Sunday declared, ‘At the U.N., many hope for an Obama win.’ I assume they are filled with hope for change like so many others who support Sen. Barack Obama. But jaded soul that I am, I also know money talks and the U.N. loves money. One bill Obama managed to sponsor is S. 2433: The Global Poverty Act. If Democrats win all the spoils at the ballot box in November, the act will more than likely get the legs it hasn’t found yet. That act will commit no less than 7 percent of a country’s gross domestic product to the UN for the purpose of reducing by one-half the number of people worldwide who live on less than $1 a day with a target date for completion by 2015. James Pethokoukis wrote at US News and World Report: “What this bill would do, in short, is commit the United States to the U.N. declared goal that industrialized countries should spend 0.7 percent a year of their gross domestic product on foreign aid. Over the next decade or so, that would work out to around $850 billion.”
