Kevin Madden
Kevin Madden
Kevin Maddenis often quoted as a pundit or public relations professional in newspapers and magazines and appears regularly on television news and talk shows, largely on cable news programming in the United States. He was a senior advisor to and spokesman for Mitt Romney's 2012 U.S. presidential campaign...
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It's been very clear that there's a lot of support for Mr. DeLay to fight these charges.
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It comes as no surprise that a lobbyist or public-affairs representative in Washington, D.C., would claim they have access to elected officials.
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There's a certain element of 'Groundhog Day' to all this,
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I think the American public knows when the opposition party of the president engages in such invective, and they reject it.
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It can be done without trying to browbeat people.
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His sense of humor is probably the personality trait that gets him through questions like that.
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We make every effort to work with key staff in these offices to sync up our legislative and communications offices so they have the very best access and the very best information about what issues the conference is working on and how we can help them message with constituents back home.
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He handles it the way he handles everything - with a good sense of humor and without ever really losing focus on his priorities. He's a regular guy with a big job. That is always the way John Boehner has approached his life in politics. It's an approach that has proven successful, and that is why he is majority leader.
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Thankfully, constituents, colleagues within the (Republican) conference and the folks who really know John Boehner put absolutely no weight or stock in those types of frivolous attacks against him.
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I just may use that photographer for my family Christmas photo.
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I just think the support for Mr. Delay has been emphatic.
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He's someone who has always had a very strong, natural pigment, and he likes to spend a lot of time outside. So when you're outside a lot and you have a very tan-friendly pigment like that, you're going to have a tan that makes everybody else in Washington, especially in the winter months, very jealous.
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Without hesitation, each time, my answer was our standing with Hispanics and Latinos. We must do a better job of reaching out to these communities and demonstrate to them that our party is aligned with the aspirations Hispanics have for their families and for America.
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Obama microtargeted his way to re-election by pitting Americans against each other in many instances. In order to confront the challenges the nation faces, he's really going to have to put his 2008 rhetoric about bringing people together into practice. Otherwise his legacy will only be that of a great campaigner whose promises fell short of accomplishment.