By Lanny Davis – 02/22/12 To watch four hours of the so-called documentary on the eight years of the Clinton presidency gave me the sensation of a report about a glass of water that is 75 percent full and 25 percent empty. The PBS presentation, I am guessing, spent 75 percent of the four hours […]
By Lanny Davis – 02/08/12 “So now we have a problem, Governor,” said Gov. Romney’s mythical Spinmeister. “What problem? We just won the Florida primary and the Nevada caucuses, and we destroyed Gingrich with tens of millions of dollars of ads attacking his character — so what’s the problem?” the governor might have responded.
By Lanny Davis – 01/31/12 – The Republicans are making a big mistake by assuming they can successfully depict Barack Obama as an out-of-the-mainstream leftist. They are making it easier for him to move to the center, where he actually has been for most of his years in politics. In fact, by the time the […]
By Lanny Davis – 1/25/2012 – President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night framed the issues in a way that polls show commands a majority of the American people’s support. Unless Republicans find a way to reframe the debate — and I don’t see how they can — or change their position on […]
By Lanny Davis – 1/3/2012 – It doesn’t matter if Mitt Romney wins the Iowa caucuses tonight or not. He is about to experience a severe political hemorrhage over his refusal to disclose his tax returns.
By Lanny Davis – 12/19/2011 – What happens when you are wrongly accused in a posting on the Internet and you call to correct the false or misleading assertion? This happened to me on Dec. 8 — not the first time — on a post on a website associated with the liberal Democratic organization the […]
By Lanny Davis – 12/07/11 President Obama’s “Renewed Nationalism” speech on Tuesday sets important themes for his 2012 campaign and offers him a chance to win back the vital center of American politics. His focus on fairness, income inequality and the plight of the middle class is his best chance to overcome what is, at […]
By Lanny Davis – 11/16/11 – President Obama looks better for reelection today than any Republican could have possibly imagined as recently as six months ago. Recent polling shows him ahead of all Republican candidates in the pivotal swing state of Ohio, and he leads or is in a dead heat in the national polls […]
By Lanny Davis – 11/2/2011 – A hypothetical conversation: “Hello, Mr. Davis, this is Herman Cain. People tell me you combine the practice of law with crisis communications — I could use your help.”
By Lanny Davis – 10/26/2011 – Even before the first Republican debate, I have consistently stated in TV and print interviews that Mitt Romney would be the strongest Republican candidate against President Obama. Full disclosure: I am strongly supporting the president for reelection. I think he’s done a good job starting out on his first […]