A couple of weeks ago, Advertising Age magazine had an item that received a lot of attention online. The point of the article was simple: Bush’s and Kerry’s campaign ads aren’t having much of an effect in changing people’s minds. More than half the consumers queried in a new Advertising Age poll conducted by Lightspeed […]
We saw this coming, but I was a little surprised at how fast it happened. The Bush White House on a federal tobacco buyout, in early May: “They’ve got the quota system in place — the allotment system — and I don’t think that needs to be changed,” Bush said. The Bush White House on […]
I hope it doesn’t come across as callous to consider the political implications of a man’s death. It’s an election year, the GOP’s leading icon has passed away, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to wonder aloud how this event will shape the political landscape. I imagine the Republicans will do their level best to […]
I had a lengthy post put together about Reagan, his presidency, and his place in history — and then I scrapped the whole thing. It was a long and hostile tirade about how the man we’ve been hearing about since Saturday morning bears no resemblance to the controversial 40th president, but I’ve decided it’s probably […]