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Obama is Out Maneuvering Both Opponents and Allies

Ref: Newsweek Apr. 25 2011 issue

The Republicans have been all over the President, particularly at the beginning of 2011.

The progressives have been crying, “Where is Obama?”  So disappointed.

Well, this article by Andrew Romano wonders if the President has been working to surprise us all.  Continue reading →

Dispatch #6                MESSAGING                                             Corey Robin (+)  The Nation, 4/25/2011  ‘Reclaiming the Politics of Freedom”  Reviewed by Jay Gilchrist

Several of us have identified Democratic Party messaging as flawed and seek a cogent series of messages to the voter.  The above short article purports to identify the problem that causes our flawed messaging.  The powerful establishment that surrounds Obama seems convinced that you can’t win in 2012 with a progressive message.  Indeed, Continue reading →

Dispatch #5            Handling The Glenn Beck Believers            Jay Gilchrist  GBVD 

You mention Beck to most progressives and they make a face and a dismissive gesture.  We never bother to listen to anything he says.

You mention Beck to a progressive who has tried to debate a believer and they might say they confronted them with withering factual logic…. and it had no effect whatsoever. Continue reading →

BV Dispatch #4       Griftopia, by Matt Taibbi

Reviewed by Jay Gilchrist, GBVD

I have only read a lengthy review of this book in the 12/27/10 edition of The Nation, but maybe that’s OK.  It’s easier to pick out the points that apply to our understanding of our tasks.  Mr. Taibii appears regularly on progressive talk shows from his straight job as a contributing editor for Rolling Stone Magazine.  But he can’t seem to stop writing big books on the various messes we all see in Washington.  Continue reading →

BV Dispatch #3 Neal Delivered for His Constituents Jay Gilchrist, GBVD

Ritchie has done his list of personal accomplishments I asked for (Oct 2, 2010)

He did it in a better way than I suggested.  He ran it as a ‘broadside blast’ against charges from a primary opponent. I reformatted to bold up the salient points.

There is a 15 bulleted list at the bottom suitable for presenting to voters Continue reading →

Several members attending the GBVD meeting in December agreed that Democrats do a poor job of issue framing.  Conservative (dare I say rabid?) Talk Radio does not seem to have this difficulty, at least for a significant minority of potential voters.  The problem Dems have seems to stem from an overwhelming desire to present a lengthy explanation in a severely analytical style.  This is my personal style of communicating.  I can tell you it causes big problems at home when talking to my wife.  Bernie Sanders’ recent day long Senate speech easily out-did anything I ever attempted, however! 

Below is an attempt to describe an issue and frame a condensed, emotionally charged version of that issue.  Continue reading →