Campaign column: Shifting focus - again
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A month ago, his campaign was saying it was going to focus on domestic issues. The federal deficit. Unemployment. Outsourcing. They promised a vision for the future with lots of new initiatives.
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KERRY O&#39;BRIEN: Reading the electorate&#39;s mood has been no easy matter since the Latham ascendancy. And voters rarely seem to show their true intent these days until an election campaign is in full swing.
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A campaign about Iraq and jobs abruptly shifts to the fraught territory of God, gays and guns. But will the values debate help Republicans this year?
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John Kerry has lurched from course to course during his presidential campaign, periodically switching drivers and roadmaps -- and messages -- as he reacts to more and more information and advice.
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Democrats may be experiencing a sense of deja vu as they again search for a leader in a crowded field of candidates with no clear favorite to win. A year ago, the hopefuls were vying for president. Now, a new crop is running to lead the Democratic National Committee.
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The road to the White House is taking some strange and sharp turns as tightening polls and pressure from party stalwarts force the presidential campaigns to adjust their strategies.
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John Kerry is a meticulous decision maker, always demanding more information, calling around for advice. But the downside to his deliberative style is a campaign that has often moved slowly.
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This year, as usual, the dominance of attack advertisements on television has made it hard to get a clear picture of where the candidates stand.
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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, under pressure to bring new focus to his campaign, added a veteran political strategist to his travelling campaign entourage, rounding out changes to his senior staff.
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Over many years of covering campaigns in New Hampshire, I&#39;ve lost track of the number of times I&#39;ve attended political events in the basement meeting room of the Manchester
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One of the many mistaken assumptions during our presidential election campaign was that a Kerry victory would have led to renewed dynamism in the foreign-policy sphere, while a Bush win could only mean more of the same.
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It's not all attack ads and stomping opponents from the stump. Since the start of the fall campaign, President Bush and Democrat John Kerry have answered questions from The Associated Press three times a week, on the issues.
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The candidates are starting earlier than ever, but that's not all that is making this Presidential race different
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The Democratic presidential candidates have moved from the politics of piling on to the politics of unity.
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The Democratic Party's most powerful weapon is heading back into battle.
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Nervous Republicans are urging President Bush to unveil a robust second-term agenda at his convention next week to shift voters' focus from the unpopular war in Iraq and other issues that are a distraction to his re-election drive. Some contend the party should ditch the GOP-fueled controversy over rival John Kerry's combat record in Vietnam.
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The slow pace of change at John Hancock Financial Services speaks to an issue that has long fascinated Madison Avenue: how often an advertiser should change a campaign.