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Carville Doubles Down
on His Famous Rule

OPINION

Jan 2, 2025 8:52 AM CST

Carville Doubles Down on His Famous Rule

'It was, it is, and it always will be the economy, stupid'

(Newser) - The James Carville of 2024 got it wrong in his election prediction of a Kamala Harris victory. Had he listened to the James Carville of 1992 , he might have gotten it right. "It was, it is, and it always will be the economy, stupid," the political consultant writes...

This Political Ad Pioneer Will Die This Week

Dying Political Ad
Pioneer Has Some
Parting Advice

longform

Mar 18, 2024 4:03 PM CDT

Dying Political Ad Pioneer Has Some Parting Advice

Hal Malchow, who has set Thursday for his death, thinks modern ad campaigns are outdated

(Newser) - A profile of longtime political consultant Hal Machow in Politico Magazine is notable on two fronts. First, Malchow has written a book in which he advocates for a fundamental change in political advertising. But it's the second reason that may cause double-takes: Malchow, who is in his early 70s,...

Bevy of Consultants Drive Romney's Fundraising

Feb 28, 2012 8:35 AM CST

Bevy of Consultants Drive Romney's Fundraising

Ex-Romney staffers for firms, take in millions

(Newser) - For years, Spencer J. Zwick worked and raised money for Mitt Romney. Now he runs his own consulting firm, SJZ Inc., and Romney has paid it $4.6 million for "fundraising consulting." It's a familiar story in the Romney campaign, which relies on an unusually high number...

How the GOP Quietly
Crashed the Tea Party

Apr 14, 2010 10:41 AM CDT

How the GOP Quietly Crashed the Tea Party

'Tea Party Express' is actually just a Republican PAC

(Newser) - The tea party phenomenon started out as a tax-day protest a year ago tomorrow, but that protest gave a Republican consultant at the Russo Marsh + Rogers firm an idea. He wrote a proposal, which Politico has now obtained, for a nationwide bus tour called the “Tea Party Express,...

White House
Warns Dems
to Avoid Fox

feud? what feud?

Nov 6, 2009 4:50 PM CST

White House Warns Dems to Avoid Fox

Strategist reports intimidating phone call after appearance

(Newser) - The Obama administration has toned down its war of words against Fox News, but behind the scenes, it's warning Democratic strategists not to appear on the network. One consultant who made a recent appearance says he received a call afterward from a White House official who told him, "We...