Absentee

The Absentee President

George W. Bush was well known for his early-to-bed early-to-rise routine. He did not tolerate late night functions well, and he religiously received his national security briefings from his team of national security advisors at 7:30 AM every day. One …

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The Need for Rapid Response? Ask Dukakis or Bush or McCain

One of the most essential elements of a successful political campaign is rapid response. Ask Michael Dukakis. The 1988 Democratic presidential nominee and his team were slow to respond

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Fuzzy Logic

In the 2000 presidential election, George W. Bush famously assessed Al Gore’s social security plan as “fuzzy math.” In this election year, the response from the President of

Paul Ryan

Play Chicken

The 2010 midterm elections were largely a referendum on the economic policies of the Obama Administration and the President's cohorts who controlled Congress. The hue and cry of the