Political Equinox

America hasn’t seen a marketing machine similar to the Obama campaign for President in years (if ever), and I would be awful surprised if this well-oiled machine didn’t pull out a victory in November.

While Barack Obama is an exciting person, it is his campaigns unmatched ability to implement an excellent marketing strategy that revolves around creating energy and brand recognition.

Branding

Obama has rolled out the most comprehensive branding strategy of any presidential candidate ever, find me someone who has done a better job and I’ll show you how Obama tops it. No candidate has ever put out a stronger message to America through slogans, logos, websites, and literature.

The branding …

Tags: America, Barack Obama, Branding, candidate, Charlie Gibson, Illinois, Internet, IRS, John McCain, mccain campaign, obama, Oil, president, republican, ron paul, strategy, web

This post is part of a two part series. Neil Kelty will be commenting on the Republican Primaries while Patrick McAlister will soon follow with the Democratic Primaries.

If you didn’t notice, yesterday was Super Tuesday. The big news yesterday was the “Huckacomeback.”

Mike Huckabee was considered to be the John Edwards of the Republican Party. You know, the I’m in the race, but not really type of candidate. The only problem with that notation is that Huckabee nearly won several states. His big loss was Missouri, that hurt. Big time. Those 58 delegates actually put him 116 behind where he would have been. (I guess if you want to be all mathematical you could say 58, but since Huckabee could have …

Tags: candidate, fort wayne, huckabee, Internet, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, mitt romney, president, republican, ron paul

As I watched the final Republican debate before Super Tuesday I noticed two things.

Mike Huckabee talked sense. He talked to the people. Although, Anderson Cooper didn’t give him much time, he made the most of what he received.
John McCain was boring. He was dull. I started falling asleep.

Tonight, John McCain made it clear that if he receives the Republican nomination, either Barack Obama or Hilary Clinton will slap him silly. That would be easy to do, all you have to do is talk faster than paint can dry, something McCain isn’t able to do.

Meanwhile, Mike Huckabee was very strong when he was allowed to speak. Huckabee hit the …

Tags: Barack Obama, Bush, candidate, george bush, huckabee, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, mitt romney, obama, republican, ron paul

Let me start this post by saying I hate pork projects. I hate them with a passion. I’d go as far as putting the line item veto in place to stop all those meaty projects. That’s why I have a problem with Ron Paul saying he never votes for pork.

Ron Paul touts himself as a fiscal conservative. No doubt he is, but he goes to the extreme of condemning all spending that isn’t in direct correlation with The Constitution. Ron Paul seems to be posting himself as the poster boy for the anti-Pork proponents. Surely, he would be my candidate.But Paul cannot escape his own statement unscathed.

A …

Tags: America, candidate, Congress, Earmarks, Pork Projects, ron paul, spending, tution, voting

Our Final Run-Ins
We did not expect this day to be as fruitful in terms of engaging with political candidates and surrogates – we figured the candidates would be on such a frantic schedule that exactly nailing down where they would be seemed very difficult.
We were wrong.
We ate at a restaurant called Olde Main Brewing Company in downtown Ames, not really expecting anyone to show up. In walked Ted Danson and his wife Mary Steenburgen. Normally I’d be floored by seeing people like Danson and Steenburgen, but we had run-ins with so many different people of fame that I just assumed we should leave them to their …

Tags: Barack Obama, candidate, Congress, huckabee, iraq, IRS, Kennedy, Mike Huckabee, money, obama, president, republican, ron paul, taxes, The Caucus