Senator Blowhard
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Senator Blowhard – Still At It
It takes an exceptional act of shamelessness to rise above the general level of shamelessness in Washington DC and merit comment, but noted antennae expert and Senate Finance Committee member Charles Schumer’s decision to weigh in on iPhone 4 reception issues breaks through the noise. Clearly this takes precedence over less pressing issues like cleaning…
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Circling the Drain – Maybe the Government Can Help?
Policymakers have woken up to the plight of the newspapers and are on the problem: Post Post-Intelligencer The newsprint carcass of the Seattle PI isn’t even cold yet and we’re already learning new (and perhaps revisionist) things about the departed: The two best print newspapers in the United States – the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the…
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President Blowhard?
The Atlantic’s trove of internal memos from Hilary Clinton’s campaign is fascinating reading if you are interested in strategy, positioning and messaging. The accompanying analysis puts the documents into the context of events as they unfolded. It highlights the zero-sum nature of politics that magnifies errors due to the binary outcomes. Hilary explicitly ran on…