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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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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Any Republican presidential candidate who is supporting a risky tax cut that would hurt our children -- especially in areas like Head Start and Title I -- has little credibility talking about education. Sound like the Texas two-step to me.
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Even as we speak, they really haven't determined what the tones and right chords are. On the communications level, these story lines get written very quickly. . . . At the end of the day, you just come back to the fact that this is a national disaster and the national government is responsible for handling it.
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Core Democratic constituencies will show up, and the heart and soul of the core Democratic constituencies in California is labor.
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Contributing financially to charitable organizations is certainly noble and should be encouraged and is something that the Gores have done when the resources were there. However, to truly judge a person's commitment to helping others, you need to consider what they have done with their lives and how they have spent their time -- and by that standard the Gores are extraordinarily committed.
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This is the hidden hand of the right wing swooping in to help Texas Governor George Bush.
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It's one of the most important organizations representing working people, particularly in the key states of the Midwest.
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This is a basic crisis communications principle: When you are dealing in a crisis situation, people want to look, see and feel that some type of leadership is being projected.
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They say they can't do this, Al Gore says we can do this. He will do right on behalf of the American consumers for a clean environment and affordable reliable energy.
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So much for George W. Bush's moderate makeover. He has rushed from the warm embrace of Bob Jones and straight into the arms of the NRA,
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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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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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Al Gore rejects the Bradley approach, which requires seniors to pay $800 in upfront costs before they get a single benefit,
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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,