On Nov 30, 2009, at 11:24 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Ernie: > One thing is for sure, during the 2008 campaign the Obama team had > expert marketers working for them. Not that marketing can play the > exact same role as part of governance, but marketing as such seems to > be AWOL as an Admin function. Why ? Seems strange.
Probably because they were a small, tightly-focused team. Today they have a large administration with a welter of complex initiatives. Plus, campaigns are *only* about story. Governing is about policy as well as story -- not to mention results -- and is thus inherently harder to script. -- Ernie P. > > Billy > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > In a message dated 11/30/2009 11:19:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > Hi Billy, > > On Nov 30, 2009, at 11:13 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > A year into his presidency, however, Obama’s gift for controlling his image > > shows signs of faltering. As Washington returns to work from the > > Thanksgiving holiday, there are several anti-Obama storylines gaining > > momentum. > > A very good analysis. I don't know if any of them are "true", but that is > more-or-less beside the point; they have enough contact with reality that if > things go badly (as they seem to be at the moment) these stories will gain > traction. > > Of course, if things go well, they'll fade into obscurity. Like I always say: > > http://www.radicalcentrism.org/marketing.html > > 11. The Converged Law: > Eventually, marketing and reality must converge. > Good marketing delays convergence; Great marketing alters reality. > > > -- Ernie P. > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: [email protected] > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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