War of the Zingers: How Barack Obama Should Prepare for Debate Counterpunching

Elections are generally not won on issues. They are won on perception, likeability, and impressions. Public opinion is often very easy to sway one way or another based on impressions. While Barack Obama has been, so far, winning the perceptions game due to the novelty of his persona and the excitement of his speeches, a slippage in the Thursday debate could slow the clear momentum that the Senator from Illinois is currently enjoying. Read more

When Talking About Doing Ain’t Doing: Does Experience Really Matter? A Simple Way For Obama to Beat Hillary Clinton’s Experience Argument

We have heard so much about Hillary Clinton’s experience argument. This argument has been, for close to a year now, the bread and butter of her campaign strategy. However, it would seem after careful analysis that her claim dwells on shakier grounds than she could ever imagine. Read more

The Winning Strategy for Barack Obama: Turn Hillary Clinton into a Caricature Without Appearing Nasty

Barack Obama’s camp has, for the most part, shown a striking inability to take full advantage of the many weaknesses that have transpired from Hillary Clinton’s own campaign rhetoric. Nowhere has this inability been more evident than in the first one-on-one debate that opposed the presidential hopefuls at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. Read more

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