Editor’s Note:  Gallup releases post-DNC “bounce” poll .  Click here for details about the single-digit DNC bounce for President Obama. Click here for Part 1–The Political...

By David E. Johnson, CEO, Strategic Vision  The Republican Convention is over.  The last speech has been given and balloon dropped.  The public relations challenge for Mitt Romney at the Republican...

By David E. Johnson, CEO, Strategic Vision There has been much talk lately that political conventions are outdated and no longer serve a purpose. Some argue that a political convention is nothing but a...

By David E. Johnson, CEO, Strategic Vision In politics, there are always public relations professionals doing damage control and trying to spin a negative story until it goes away. Some politicians can...

By David E. Johnson, CEO, Strategic Vision In presidential elections, the selection of a vice presidential candidate is usually worth a few days of positive media coverage unless the choice is a disaster...

By Debra Caruso, DJC Communications  The pundits are depressed. A number I’ve heard over the past few days have said the presidential campaign has taken a gloomy and disappointing turn and it’s...

By David E. Johnson, CEO, Strategic Vision In elections with incumbent Presidents, the incumbent’s message is usually their record and what they want to do in the next four years. We saw this in 1956...

By TJ Walker, CEO, Media Training Worldwide Every politician commits gaffes from time to time. Take, for example, Reagan saying, “We begin bombing (the Soviets) in five minutes” Or...

Lisa Vallee-Smith, APR, Co-CEO of Airfoil Public Relations No one would ever call President Obama anything less than a savvy newsmaker in his relationship with the media. Rather than assuming the...

By Nancy Reece, Senior Consultant, The Human Capital Group, Inc., Author, “The Dichotomy of Power” If I were to advise Mitt Romney from a leadership and PR perspective on the best ways to remedy his...

By Roshini Rajkumar, Author, “Communicate That!” Just when we’re waiting to hear from woman number one in the Herman Cain sex scandal, a third set of accusations surfaces. Cain wants you to believe...

By Karen Friedman, Author, “Shut Up and Say Something: Business Communication Strategies to Overcome Challenges and Influence Listeners” For a candidate who touts himself as a problem solver, Herman...