Roll Call: Chris Perkins joins WRS
Roll Call May 21, 2009 By Shira Toeplitz Roll Call Staff Things Are Perkins Up. GOP strategist Chris Perkins has joined Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research as vice president of the polling firm. A native of the Lone Star State, Perkins will run the Austin office and oversee the firm’s Texas operations. Perkins most recently [...]
Research as a Marketing Tactic
We have conducted research for hundreds of clients that want to use the data gathered to prove their brand, product or service are superior to the competition’s. This tactic is older than I am and is standard operation procedures for thousands of companies world-wide. Occasionally, companies employ the execution of the research as the marketing [...]
No such thing as over exposure?…works only for Donald Trump!
Media exposure is not always a good thing, just ask Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann (R – MN6) whose comments about Obama and other Congressmen was taken out of context. This, of course, is not her first blunder, but is a tale tell sign of how bad the political environment is. When the public is unhappy with [...]
The Closing Days
Tomorrow, we will only be 18 days away from a landmark election. Despite the best efforts of Republicans and their deploying the most talented operatives and employing the most effective consultants, the Grand Old Party is facing significant losses at nearly every level. There will some surprises as several Democratic-held seats fall to lesser known [...]
Fanfare and Paparazzi
The McCain campaign launched their latest ad “Celeb”, today comparing Barack Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Spears and Hilton have careers made in tabloid heaven, have made their living feeding into the public’s fascination of them. They have well crafted events and happen upon well-staged photo ops. The public is mesmerized by them [...]
Times are bad, but it’s not the end of the world.
Posted by Tyler Harber on Monday, December 22nd, 2008 at 2:58 PM
Every time I turn on the TV, read a newspaper, or puruse the blogosphere I see stories of major financial losses, families losing their jobs and houses, and the world economy slowly decending into hell. Several days ago, several newspapers and TV news shows reported on anctedotal increases in church across the country; however, the [...]