Moses: Model for Obama? Alan Schroeder, Journalism Professor at Northeastern U, has an interesting post in Huffington Post entitled The Dramatic Arc of the 2012 Presidential Debates. It is worth reading. Here’s a taste of it: Which brings us to Act Four. A sense of momentous envelops this final debate,
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CuriosityCat: President Obama needs to morph into Moses if he wants to win
US cultural code for president Is the Cheese Doctor (Clotaire Rapaille) right? Does Mitt Romney fit the American code for president better than Obama does right now? That’s what Mike Murphy in TIME seems to think: In ways that were not apparent at first, the debate recast the race as
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Justin Trudeau: Controlling the narrative
The Trudeau camp have shown deft footwork in recent weeks by their control of the Trudeau narrative through speedy responses. Two attacks on the Trudeau brand have been immediately countered, and successfully changed into a more positive narrative. PET & hat The Branding Attack The anti-Trudeau commentators struck out with
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