by Gordon Hensley | Jun 22, 2010 | Campaign 2010, GOP Politics, Media Relations |
Just several months ago, Illinois GOP Senate candidate, Rep. Mark Kirk, was flying high — and a solid front runner to win Barack Obama’s Senate seat while Democrat Alexi Giannoulias was being dogged by a family banking scandal. Giannoulias still has severe...
by Gordon Hensley | May 20, 2010 | Campaign 2010, Journalism Standards |
The New York Times’ initial story about Connecticut AG Richard Blumenthal’s Vietnam exaggeration scandal is an abysmal effort from the standpoint of accuracy and context. The situation developed when the Times reported that Blumenthal had repeatedly...
by Gordon Hensley | Mar 6, 2010 | Campaign 2010, GOP Politics |
As Clayton Williams’ press secretary during the 1990 campaign for governor against Ann Richards, I flew around Texas with the candidate on many an occasion accompanied by a variety of surrogates. Kay Bailey Hutchison, then State Treasurer, was enormously...
