Posts Tagged ‘communications’

Leadership, Speeches, Views on News • March 25th, 2008

Oops!

by Chris Lato

Wow, Hillary Clinton really stepped in it this time. This video is positively damning.

I have no idea what Senator Clinton was thinking when she made these claims, but in a race this tight you have no margin for error - especially the kind of error that can be easily fact-checked.

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2008 Primaries, Fundraising, Leadership, Messaging, public relations • February 24th, 2008

3 reasons why Hillary is losing

by Chris Lato

I’m told people on the internet love lists. I know there are more than three reasons for Hillary’s slide, and you may disagree with the three I cite. But the three I’m taking on in this post offer a PR/messaging/media relations perspective.Why is Hillary Clinton losing? Let me count the ways…

1. Money - and the perceptions tied to it

As a national candidate loses momentum, money dries up and shifts to the candidate gaining ground. We are seeing that happen with Barack Obama. Clinton is no slouch in the fundraising department, but she has had to loan her own campaign millions - a sign of fundraising weakness. Questions about her campaign’s spending habits are also being raised. This is campaign mismanagement, which leads to a legitimate messaging problem: if she can’t manage a campaign budget, how can she be counted on to manage a federal budget?

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Leadership, Messaging, Strategic Blueprints, Views on News • February 15th, 2008

What did this guy think of “Juno?”

by Chris Lato

In case you missed it, foot-in-mouth disease recently hit Colorado:

Wednesday, Rep. Larry Liston, appearing at a GOP legislative caucus in Denver, said: “In my parents’ day and age, [unmarried teen parents] were sent away, they were shunned, they were called what they are. There was at least a sense of shame.”

“There’s no sense of shame today,” Liston continued, according to The Gazette of Colorado Springs. “Society condones it…I think it’s wrong. They’re sluts. And I don’t mean just the women. I mean the men, too.”

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