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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The president's leadership on the issue of homeland security is a policy area where he's been very decisive and has backed up his policy priorities with funding,
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It can be done without trying to browbeat people.
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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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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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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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If they are good enough for health care investigations, good enough for drug investigations, they should be provided to law enforcement in terror investigations.
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I don't have an opinion of what they're doing. The practice of encouraging trade associations or private-sector firms with regard to their hiring practices is not something this office directs or is interested in directing.
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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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He believes this requires a personal defense. We go out and make sure he has the proper venues to do that.
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The brutality of the pace. This was my third presidential campaign and it was a thousand times faster paced than my first one in 2004. The news cycle is constant and there has been an explosion in the number of news outlets covering them. As as result we're witnessing news and entertainment melding together to create what I'd describe as the "American Idolization" of campaigns and politics.
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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.
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Trying is not enough. We have to go out and set goals and measure definitive progress so that four years from now we are in a better position to add new voters to our base of support.