Why Did Hillary Beat Obama? Why Can’t Obama Close the Deal?

What an interesting lesson for all of us. What is Hillary doing right? She is sticking to her plan. What a novel concept! look around you, how many examples of stick-to-it-niveness can you identify? what looked like a bright and shiny new candidate of change in January, doesn’t look so shiny now. why?
Hillary is excellent at looking [...]

Why Obama’s Words Matter: Bitter versus Barry

They are only words – so why do they matter?
Why does it matter if he calls a group bitter? After all, it’s the primaries, doesn’t anything go? When all is said, done, and voted, there will be a new president. That president can not write legislation, appoint justices to the Supreme Court, or wage war [...]

How Do You Use the Race Word in 2008 and Who Gets to Use It?

Everyone is tiptoing around the R word, except for the candidate most effected by the word. From a communication standpoint, it seems as though Obama gets to say the word anytime he wants to say it. He gets up in the morning, he gets to say it. Mid day snack, he gets to say it. [...]