January 2012
6 posts
For Fun: Florida Primary Predictions
PREDICTION:
ROMNEY 44 GINGRICH 30 PAUL 13 SANTORUM 12
EXPLAINER:
ROMNEY 44
Romney emerges from Florida bruised nationally but arguably stronger within his party. The Gingrich scare, which is by no means over, has drawn establishment tongues and money to his side. Though neither Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio could afford to endorse Romney in their home states, their overall approval was...
For Fun: South Carolina Primary Predictions
PREDICTION:
GINGRICH 37 ROMNEY 34 SANTORUM 14 PAUL 14 CAIN 1
EXPLAINER:
GINGRICH 37
Newt has momentum. At one point in December, he was carrying the state by over 10 points in a significantly more fractured field. Though he plummeted after a brutal Iowa effort, the propensity of conditional votes is there.
Obviously the resurfacing allegations from his ex-wife (adultery,...
"Defining" Public Relations
It appears that the PR field is attempting to get out in front of a crisis of its own.
A friend recently directed me to the website of the Public Relations Society of America, who have undertaken an initiative to develop contemporary language to describe their field. They have branded their project Public Relations Defined.
The group has just released three proposed definitions, and asked for...
The Internet as Civic Right
In a neat op-ed, Vint Cerf argues that we can’t rationalize internet access as a human right.
On that I think I agree with him. The designation of human rights should be reserved for core tenets that permit basic health, basic safety, and basic agency.
My agreement ends, however, with Mr. Cerf’s implication that internet access should also not be considered a civic right. My...
For Fun: Iowa Caucus Predictions
Sometimes the internet delivers, like when you are looking for an image of an elephant made of corn.
Alas, the big day is here! The fabled Iowa caucuses meet today in what constitutes the first delegate-designator of the Republican presidential nomination process. I will let Google explain the goofy (and, yes, often perplexing) caucus tradition in Iowa and other states. Results are likely...