Category: politics


Today’s example of maddeningly vague language

If you’re like me and find the New York Times News Quiz application on Facebook to be a great way to confirm your elitism and general hoity-toity-ness, you probably saw the third question in today’s quiz:
Question 3 of 5: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won a strong victory over Senator Barack Obama in Tuesday’s primary in […]

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Posted by Chris on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

The first Long Tail (r) Candidate?

You’re all familiar with the Long Tail, coined and invented by Chris Anderson of Wired magazine. In its simplest form, it means businesses can succeed and prosper by aggregating “niche” markets instead of relying on blockbuster moves in a mass market.
Looking at this year’s fund raising efforts, it seems to me Barrack is the first […]

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Posted by misterarthur on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Super Tuesday

Watching the Super Tuesday results come in reminded me of a piece I read last week. The Boston Globe had an interesting article wherein typographers took a hard look at the then candidates’ graphic materials. They weren’t particularly impressed with Hillary’s materials:
“The Hillary type palette is far from fresh and colorful; it is begging […]

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Posted by misterarthur on Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Karl Rove gets something right

All politics aside, Karl Rove understands marketing the politicians themselves. In a good article in the Washington Post today, he writes about the fading importance of television advertising: (I’ve bolded some of his points)

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Posted by misterarthur on Thursday, January 31st, 2008