by Gordon Hensley | Feb 12, 2017 | advocacy, Business, GOP Politics, Journalism Standards, Media Relations, Television, Trump
Of the myriad observations one can make about President Donald Trump’s understanding of media and making news, perhaps the most pertinent is that he’s an extraordinarily quick study. Throughout the GOP primary and general election campaign, he maneuvered...
by Gordon Hensley | Jan 12, 2017 | advocacy, Business, Campaign 2016, CMS, GOP Politics, health care, Health Reform, Pharma, Trump
Putting aside that PEOTUS Donald Trump convincingly crushed his first news conference in months — and did so by demonizing the media in general and Buzzfeed in particular — there was plenty of substantive policy news. Trump’s trashing of the...
by Gordon Hensley | Jan 5, 2017 | advocacy, Campaign 2016, GOP Politics, health care, Health Reform, Trump
In the first seminal battle between the emboldened Trump-backed GOP Congressional majority and outnumbered Hill Democrats, the Obamacare repeal battle will see both sides employing a carefully nuanced messaging strategy. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has opened...
by Gordon Hensley | Nov 10, 2016 | advocacy, Business, Campaign 2016, GOP Politics, health care, Trump
Despite the fact a primary rationale of President-elect Donald Trump’s candidacy was to decimate the Beltway culture and Washington insiders, one of the biggest ironies is that lobbyists stand to benefit significantly from his election. Why? Uncertainty and...
by Gordon Hensley | Sep 6, 2016 | advocacy, Business, CMS, health care, Pharma
The only Washington, DC-based advocacy organization representing the interests of the nation’s long term care (LTC) pharmacy sector, the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC), scored a major coup in August when it welcomed a major national provider of LTC...
by Gordon Hensley | Dec 5, 2013 | advocacy, Campaign 2014
In a piece by Liz Wilner for the Cook Political Report, she reports: “In the 2014 midterm elections, outside groups are on track to account for a majority of all TV ad spending. In a recent talk for the association of local TV broadcasters, the University of San...