Category Archives: Politics

Obama, A Boon for Tech

They say all politics is local, my “neighborhod” is tech. I don’t want to appear to be myopic by focusing on just this aspect of the Obama administration amidst all the inauguration after glow. But let’s face it, the sector … Continue reading

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Did Team Obama Flub its First Crisis Communications Test?

Opinion columnist Kirsten Powers thinks so, as she wrote in her piece NY Post piece Bungling on Blago yesterday.  According to Powers: The Obama camp has managed to violate almost every tenet of crisis communications – starting with Rule No. … Continue reading

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Blag Hair Day

I decided that I needed to put aside for a moment my deep thinking on the state of PR and tech to explore something really weighty, namely embattled Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich’s hair.  It is something bizarrely fascinating, and it … Continue reading

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This Blog Supports Obama

Jolted out of my “it-has-been-a-few-days-and-I-have not blogged” torpor, it occurred to me that it is Election Day and I have not yet chimed in on my endorsement for president. And that is not very fair to my readers, who I … Continue reading

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Bailout or Rescue Plan? Just Say the Magic Words

I wrote yesterday that branding happens, whether you set out to build a brand or not. A corollary to this is that how you tell your story can just happen, too, unless you intentionally set out to pick the best … Continue reading

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The Sarah Palin “Money Shot”

Call me crazy, but I have carefully reviewed and compared Sarah Palin’s and Miss South Carolina’s interview performances and I am starting to suspect that these two might in fact be one and the same person.  Have you ever seen … Continue reading

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