The making of Hillary 5.0: Marketing wizards help re-imagine Clinton brand. Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified the creator of the “3 a.m. phone call” advertisement from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2008 campaign. Although Roy Spence had been among those publicly credited with the ad, it was in fact created by Mark Penn and Mandy Grunwald. This version has been corrected. Is Hillary Rodham Clinton a McDonald’s Big Mac or a Chipotle burrito bowl? A can of Bud or a bottle of Blue Moon?
JCPenney or J. Crew? As she readies her second presidential campaign, Clinton has recruited consumer marketing specialists onto her team of trusted political advisers. Clinton and her image-makers are sketching ways to refresh the well-established brand for tomorrow’s marketplace. “It’s exactly the same as selling an iPhone or a soft drink or a cereal,” said Peter Sealey, a longtime corporate marketing strategist. Clinton’s challenge is unique. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s brand has evolved considerably since she campaigned with Bill Clinton in 1992.
In surprise vote, House backs NSA limits. A proposal to block intelligence agencies from conducting warrantless and “backdoor” searches of U.S. communications passed in the House late Thursday night. Adopted 293-123, with one member voting present, the amendment to the 2015 Defense appropriations bill would prohibit the search of government databases for information on U.S. citizens without a warrant. It would further cut off funding for the CIA and National Security Agency to build security vulnerabilities, or "backdoors," into domestic tech products or services for surveillance purposes.
Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) was the only member to vote present. Rep. "The American people are sick of being spied on," Massie said. Rep. "It allows us to get the bad guys, but also says, 'Use probable cause and the Fourth Amendment," Lofgren said. But Rep. The Defense appropriations bill is being considered under a modified open rule, which allows members to offer an unlimited number of amendments. Demand A Plan to End Gun Violence.
White House - Digital Roadmap. How Obama's Internet Campaign Changed Politics. The Obama campaign’s use of the Internet has been cited as playing a large role in upending how presidential races are fought. (Credit: Peter Wynn Thompson for The New York Times) One of the many ways that the election of Barack Obama as president has echoed that of John F. Kennedy is his use of a new medium that will forever change politics. For Mr. Kennedy, it was television. For Mr. Obama, it is the Internet. “Were it not for the Internet, Barack Obama would not be president. She spoke Friday about how politics and Web 2.0 intersect on a panel with Joe Trippi, a political consultant, and Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
Howard Dean’s 2004 campaign -– which was run by Mr. Mr. “The tools changed between 2004 and 2008. Mr. “The campaign’s official stuff they created for YouTube was watched for 14.5 million hours,” Mr. “In 2004, trust me, they would have gone on repeating it, because the echo chamber would not have been as facile,” Ms. Ms. Confronting the Malefactors. There’s something happening here. What it is ain’t exactly clear, but we may, at long last, be seeing the rise of a popular movement that, unlike the Tea Party, is angry at the right people.
When the Occupy Wall Street protests began three weeks ago, most news organizations were derisive if they deigned to mention the events at all. For example, nine days into the protests, National Public Radio had provided no coverage whatsoever. It is, therefore, a testament to the passion of those involved that the protests not only continued but grew, eventually becoming too big to ignore. What can we say about the protests? A weary cynicism, a belief that justice will never get served, has taken over much of our political debate — and, yes, I myself have sometimes succumbed. In the first act, bankers took advantage of deregulation to run wild (and pay themselves princely sums), inflating huge bubbles through reckless lending. And there are real political opportunities here. Issues.
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