Presidential Politics: How to Understand What Happened in Las Vegas

Lesson #1
Obama received the culinary union endorsement, so how did Hillary win? In the war of presidential politics, Hillary won with hand to hand verbal combat. From a communication standpoint, when Hillary lost the union endorsement, she quickly shifted strategies to go door to door to promote her candidacy. Even in our media saturated world, [...]

How to Understand Presidential Primaries: Are All Things Possible?

As a Communication Coach, you can understand that I love this primary season, long as it is. Americans may be bored by it or blase to it, but it is incumbent upon voters to know what is possible and what is not possible for a president to do in their term.
Many candidates claim everything from [...]

MLK, HILLARY, ROMNEY-IS WASHINGTON BROKEN OR JUST HUMAN?

We want our candidates to be human, although what we ask of them is superhuman. So, be superhuman, work 20 hours a day in public (many of us work longhours but not under public scrutiny) be away from home for months, examine and re-examine everything you say, because every one else will, and then, please [...]

Clinton, Edwards, McCain, Obama Go Back to Basics

as a Communication Coach, let’s go back to basics. when you win, you give a victory speech, when you lose you give a concession speech. it’s not that complicated Hillary and Barack. you don’t give a victory speech when you lose.
John, when you come in second by fractions of a percent, you don’t goad anyone. [...]

Hillary, Obama, Huckabee: are you a flash in the pan or here to stay?

The first caucus is over. Just what is a caucus? Now that I have attended one, I would offer that a caucus is a place where the person who pays for the most buses and the best pizza wins. Is this really how we select a president?
This summer John McCain was political roadkill. Candidates were [...]