I recently heard a presentation by one of the best media-training professionals I’ve ever met, Don Rheem of Washington. He wasn’t talking about the pr...

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Governor Charlie Crist of Florida is the weather vane of American politicians. He can sense the slightest shift in the political breeze and trim his s...

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When I was doing campaigns and it got to be mid-October, I got to where I hated undecided voters.    I’d sit behind the two-way mirrors i...

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It’s come killing time in the presidential race and the Old Admiral’s in trouble – it’s the fourth quarter, he’s behind and he’s got to drive the ball...

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I have no inside knowledge of what’s going on inside the Dole campaign. But it looks increasingly like an unhappy and divided campaign. The TV ads are...

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Two straws in the wind:   A friend who supported Richard Moore in the primary said last week he’s disappointed that Moore hasn’t done more fo...

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When one of my favorite reporters says something nice about my favorite politician, I have to share it.   In an interview with the N&O’s Pa...

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No, I don’t mean “negative” as in negative ads. I mean that this election in North Carolina could be a perfect photographic negative of past elections...

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The presidential race so far has played out in two-week segments.    The last two weeks in August were the national conventions.  At...

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Talking heads pay attention to what candidates say in debates.  Voters pay attention to who they are.  That is why instant debate analysis o...

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