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Published: 08/16/10

Michael Steele Has Been 'a Disaster' for GOP, Says Strategist Ed Rollins

By  Politics Daily Staff - Politics Daily
Michael Steele Has Been 'a Disaster' for GOP, Says Strategist Ed Rollins

Republican strategist Ed Rollins on Sunday called RNC Chairman Michael Steele's stewardship of the party "a disaster," saying he has "failed miserably to do the things you're supposed to do: raise money, basically go out and articulate a message." Rollins, who served as national campaign director for Ronald Reagan's 1984 bid and as a former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, made his comments Sunday on "Face the Nation." With the midterm elections bearing down, Rollins said, "what [Steele] says or does in the next 11 weeks is not going to matter" on Election Day, ...

Published: 10/22/09

Politics Daily 'Wins' Karaoke in the Capital

By  Emily Miller - Politics Daily
Politics Daily 'Wins' Karaoke in the Capital

By "win," I don't mean the Little League kind of win (i.e., you're ALL winners!). At Wednesday night's "Karaoke in the Capital," Politics Daily's Editor in Chief Melinda Henneberger bagged the coveted "Don't Quit Your Day Job" Award. We are all so proud. Henneberger and Politics Daily publicist and public relations consultant, Susan Bennett, decided two hours before the show to sing the Pat Benatar song, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot." Waiting in line to go on stage, Henneberger noted with dismay that the first couple of singers were really good. (This is common knowledge to those of us ...

Published: 10/16/08

The Eye-Rolling Debate

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
The Eye-Rolling Debate

When it comes to presidential debates, I'm normally not a big fan of body-language analysis. You know, that staple of cable television news, when "experts" in the field slice and dice each cough or sigh for symbolic import. Most of the time, you see, our presidential candidates act well within the bounds of commonly acceptable physical comportment, so what we end up with are a bunch of hack pseudo-psychologists telling us why a flip of the hair or a pursing of the lips belied a deep-seated anxiety in candidate x or y. There have been a few notable exceptions along the way: Nixon Vs. Kennedy, ...

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