Posts by Glen Bolger
GOP MESSAGING ON THE SHUTDOWN

And you tell me Over and over and over again, my friend Ah, you don’t believe We’re on the eve of destruction. “Eve of Destruction” by Barry McGuire A #1 Hit in 1965   Well, it’s shutdown time again, and the caterwauling by the media makes it appear as though there can only be one […]

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Back to the Future? A Look At the 1995-96 Government Shutdowns

Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time, but public attitudes toward the 1995 and 1996 government shutdowns went south quickly. And, the standing of Republicans in Congress dropped from a pretty good level to a much weaker point. It was a sobering lesson in the advantage of the bully pulpit of the […]

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The Incredibly Shrinking President

Well, that didn’t take long. Just four months after his solid re-election win, and just two months after his very partisan inaugural speech, Barack Obama’s standing with the American people has taken a significant hit.  With a few exceptions such as Hollywood, Manhattan, and most of the nation’s media, the man hailed in January as […]

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The New Electoral Math, and What It Means for Polling

While the debate rages over whether the GOP should view this as a message problem, a messenger problem, or a math problem, I wanted to take this blog post to underscore the challenge facing us from a math perspective – i.e. why it is important that we work hard to improve with Hispanics. As a […]

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Three Keys From the Exit Polls

Given the demographics of the 2008 and 2012 elections, the Republican Party is in danger of becoming the “Win In Off Years Only Party” unless we make a full-throated improvement with Hispanic voters.  And, we have to admit it is us, not them. Want proof?  That’s easy – as of this writing, Mitt Romney is […]

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