Messaging

    S.E. Cupp, Straw Men, and Missing the Point About Rush Limbaugh.

    By: Ben Howe (Diary)  |  February 19th at 10:22 AM  | 

    S.E. Cupp, Straw Men, and Missing the Point About Rush Limbaugh.

    Over the weekend, an article in the New York Times highlighted the challenges that stand in the way of conservatives & Republicans to get the GOP straightened out.  I’ve written about our messaging crisis and the role it played in our electoral defeats as well as what I believe could help us recover and found the article to be a thorough investigation of the problem. | Read More »

    America’s Opportunity: A Discussion with the Heritage Foundation

    By: Ben Howe (Diary)  |  February 8th at 03:59 PM  | 

    I took part in a Google Hangout today to discuss the Heritage Foundation’s report “America’s Opportunity For All” which lays out their vision for the future. Part of that vision involves how to message small government principles to groups of people that have thus far rejected conservative policies. I was joined by Rich Tucker, Senior Writer for The Heritage Foundation; Emily Zanotti, Principal at Iconoclast | Read More »

    It’s the Messaging, Stupid. It’s the Stupid Messaging.

    By: Ben Howe (Diary)  |  February 6th at 08:45 AM  | 

    It's the Messaging, Stupid. It's the Stupid Messaging.

    As many have already discussed, Karl Rove has launched an organization, the Conservative Victory Group, that purports to work on behalf of conservative candidates to shore up our numbers in Congress and bring our party into the 21st century. Like many others, I viewed this as the political equivalent of declaring war on the grassroots. The New York Times’ Jeff Zeleny set off the fireworks | Read More »