Chris Lehane
Chris Lehane
Christopher Stephen "Chris" Lehaneis an American political consultant and crisis communications expert who has served as a lawyer, spokesperson and expert in opposition research for the Clinton White House, Democratic candidates for public office and various business, Labor, entertainment and professional sports organizations. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, he was a lawyer and spokesperson in the Clinton White House where he and his current business partner Mark Fabiani were called the Masters of Disaster by Newsweek...
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His numbers just do not work. His tax cuts benefit just a segment of our society.
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Our policy proposals, when they're analyzed, are responsible, reflect experience and show some real thought.
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He's clearly listening to his consultants. His music wasn't playing. This undermines the central presence of his campaign.
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He wants someone who can assume the responsibilities of the presidency, if called upon. He wants someone who will be a trusted partner, who will work with him closely. He is looking for someone who will share his philosophy, someone who will fight for the people against the powerful, against big oil, against the prescription drug companies, against the anti-choice forces in this country.
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That's a real choice. The American people will have to choose.
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Arnold has clearly made it part of the plan to move more to the center. In an interesting way, he's recognizing that he's running in an essentially blue state. If you're a Republican governor in a blue (Democratic) state, you're ending up in a purple area.
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If you tell people what you are going to do, and you suggest it's going to be successful, you need to be successful. Because once you create those expectations and you don't fulfill them, when you already have a significant credibility problem, it just further degrades your credibility.
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People evaluate you in terms of how you handle things going forward.
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Whether it is spelled Bain and being put out by the Obama campaign or Bane and being out by Hollywood, the narratives are similar: a highly intelligent villain with offshore interests and a past both are seeking to cover up who had a powerful father and is set on pillaging society.
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For the last six years the vice president's most important job and responsibility has been to support President Clinton. For that reason he will remain in Washington on Thursday.
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If Democrats speak confidently and with the right tone, it's a win-win. The Republicans have moved so far to the right on this issue ... they've completely opened up the compassionate center for Democrats.
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I hope this means Mr. Reich will educate Senator Bradley's team on Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security -- all programs that Bradley's agenda threatens to dismantle, imperil or change.
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The entrenched interests want to protect the status quo, and the apologists for those interests want to say they can't have effective energy and clean air at the same time,
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It's one of the most important organizations representing working people, particularly in the key states of the Midwest.