The decision by the three major TV networks NOT to give gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Democratic and Republican national nominating conventions enabled the media to exercise significant control over the message by the questions they asked the … [Read more...] about Media Questions at the Republican Convention
Comparing the Two Party Platforms — September 1992
Has Bill Clinton Changed the Democratic Party?
Presidential candidate Bill Clinton says he wants change. The word “change” is in his every other sentence, which may be the biggest legacy of Ross Perot's foray into national politics. But, as Barbara Jordan intoned: “change from what, to what?” … [Read more...] about Has Bill Clinton Changed the Democratic Party?
Murphy Brown and Dan Quayle
The firestorm over Vice President Dan Quayle’s speech about morals, the Los Angeles riots, and Murphy Brown proves that he touched a tender nerve. The feminists and their friends in the media elite, who are accustomed to setting the national agenda … [Read more...] about Murphy Brown and Dan Quayle
Helping George Bush to Understand the Feminists
President George Bush has taken his lumps this year, but some good news has appeared on the horizon. The economy is picking up, the incumbent conservatives won in Britain, the Democrats seem to be hopelessly saddled with the Bill and Hillary … [Read more...] about Helping George Bush to Understand the Feminists
Let’s Repudiate Argument by Epithet
Ever since George Bush's stunning come-from-behind victory over Michael Dukakis, we have been deluged by the media with attacks on what they call the “negative advertising” of his 1988 campaign. This media-manufactured revisionist history has made … [Read more...] about Let’s Repudiate Argument by Epithet
Lessons of the Elections
Nothing is certain but death and taxes, says the old adage. But political consultants who are mapping strategy for the big presidential election year of 1992 should face up to the new axiom of current politics: Nothing is certain but taxes and … [Read more...] about Lessons of the Elections
Lee Atwater: New Myths and Old Realities
With their potential presidential candidates in disarray under the lash of George Bush's 90 percent popularity rating in the polls, the liberals have grabbed Lee Atwater’s death like a drowning man lunging at a floating log. With their pals in the … [Read more...] about Lee Atwater: New Myths and Old Realities
Look For the Union Label
The 1990 Alabama gubernatorial election may have done to the National Education Association (NEA) what the Bush-Dukakis 1988 election did to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). It has become a political detriment to be a member. When the … [Read more...] about Look For the Union Label
Abortion Lessons From the ’90 Election
Abortion was not the “silver bullet” in the 1990 election that some were predicting a few months ago. But it is a knife with an edge that cuts identifiable political patterns. One of the clearest patterns is that the voters consistently reject … [Read more...] about Abortion Lessons From the ’90 Election
