Tag Archive 'Presidential elections'

Controlling the debate

Bookworm on May 16 2008 | Filed under: Democrats, Presidential elections, Republicans

One of the first things you learn as litigation defense counsel is that you will lose if you let the plaintiff control the case’s message. It’s easy to let this happen, because the plaintiff comes out of the gate like gangbusters, and the defendant finds himself, logically, in a defensive, purely reactive posture. [...]

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Everything old is new again

Bookworm on Feb 14 2008 | Filed under: Democrats, Presidential elections

Whether we forget or remember the past, sometimes we seem doomed to repeat it. Certainly with all the candidates, the analogies to historic times flow freely. The two big analogies, of course, are World War II and the Vietnam War, depending on whether voters view Islamists or fellow Americans as the enemy.
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