Campaign Doctor
How to get MORE votes, MORE Donors, MORE Volunteers & MORE Media Attention
OK, I have a special treat…and a special request for you today. First, the request. As you know, over the past couple of weeks I’ve recruited a team of bona fide, card-carrying campaign “gurus” to …
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Two points about negative campaigning. 1.) It works…no matter how much people claim they hate it. 2.) It can backfire, especially if you have your facts wrong. Indeed, it’s been estimated that 90% of …
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Consider yesterday’s Newt Gingrich/Mitt Romney GOP presidential race in Florida for a second. Gingrich has the experience. He has the debating skills. He has an oratorical advantage. He talks the …
In an ideal campaign, the candidate should do three things and only three things: (1) Ask for votes. (2) Ask for money. (3) Ask for volunteers. And not necessarily in that order. The candidate’s job …
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Chris Ingram is the president and founder of 411 Communications a corporate and political communications firm, and publisher of Irreverent View, a conservative blog on Florida politics. He is a …
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Ask *anybody* and they’ll tell you that everybody hates negative campaigning. But hate it or not, it works. So it’ll remain part of our political campaigns no matter what people say. A similar …
