by Gordon Hensley | Feb 11, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics
The messaging of the first Republican Governors Association (RGA) ad of the 2014 cycle targeting Dem Gov. Mike Ross in Arkansas obviously serves as a template of what’s to come in a handful of races involving Dem candidates who are current or former members of...
by Gordon Hensley | Jan 27, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics
For the very first time in months, the Democrats are showing signs of life in their effort to topple incumbent GOP Governor Rick Snyder. The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is launching what it says as a three week, $1 million media buy to slam Snyder. The two...
by Gordon Hensley | Jan 3, 2014 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics, Health Reform
Having worked on two of former GOP Senator Gordon Smith’s campaigns, and having spent a bit of time on the ground in Oregon, there’s no question incumbent Jeff Merkley has an advantage going into his 2014 reelection. Nevertheless, the incumbent’s...
by Gordon Hensley | Nov 6, 2013 | Campaign 2012, GOP Politics
The news, obviously, is that Terry McAuliffe won the Virginia Governor’s race — but it was a win where he was holding on at the end; holding on as the Cuccinelli forces did the only thing they could after getting badly outgunned on TV: use President...
by Gordon Hensley | Oct 26, 2013 | Campaign 2014, GOP Politics
As reported in today’s Washington Post, Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander is taking on the tea party frontally in his re-election campaign, and it’s a smart formula that will work for him. While, on the one hand, he’s co-opting tea party...
by Gordon Hensley | Oct 17, 2013 | GOP Politics
Listenting to the growing chorus of complaints about the competence of gubernatorial campaign of Ken Cuccinelli, one most frequently hears that he “doesn’t have a message” or that his entire campaign consists of simply slamming the ethics-challenged...
