OUT OF THE TRENCHES
10/01/2017
Your direct marketing colleagues take a big-picture look at things Study: Progressive Nonprofits in Strong Position for Fundraising Growth What issues are important to grassroots progressive nonprofit donors? How did…
MGM poll highlights jobs
10/01/2017
BRIDGEPORT — A majority of city residents back MGM’s proposal to build a $675 million waterfront casino in town, believing the company’s pitch that it will create 7,779 job —…
New survey reveals support levels for proposed Bridgeport casino
10/01/2017
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — A new survey conducted by a group for MGM Resorts International has revealed support for a proposed casino in Bridgeport. The survey, conducted by The Mellman Group, asked 500 registered voters…
GOP original sins
09/26/2017
Republican efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have seemingly entered a final death spiral. The whole undertaking has been perhaps the most massive legislative embarrassment in…
Voter fraud commission fails on all fronts
09/19/2017
In an effort to provide support for his fact-free outbursts, President Trump appointed a commission to examine voter fraud. It turns out that the biggest fraud is the commission itself.…
GOP tax reform: likely loser
09/12/2017
Republicans could score with their tax reform proposals. But they almost certainly won’t. Americans would be receptive to eliminating tax breaks for big corporations and lowering taxes for the middle…
Don’t bet on better numbers
09/05/2017
Desperately trying to quell the panic growing in their guts and in their ranks, Republicans are spinning themselves dizzy trying to explain why President Trump’s approval rating will improve before…
Imploding ObamaCare
08/01/2017
Sadly, we have become largely inured to misleading, dissembling and dishonest statements from President Trump. Fact-checkers catalogue them by the hundreds. Yet one lie that I consider particularly egregious has…
Trump love?
07/25/2017
Newly installed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci began what will no doubt be a long series of errors, misstatements and outright lies with this whopper: Recent polls, he claimed,…
BOOK: Campaigning for President 2016
07/18/2017
Strategy and Tactics ABOUT THIS BOOK Coming out of one of the most contentious elections in history, Dennis Johnson and Lara Brown have assembled an outstanding team of authors to…