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...most loyal supporters by letting them think he?s just another politician. So instead of holding a focus group to find out whether his fans will stomach his opting out of federal financing, he?s taking the question directly to the masses. As John McCain?s 2000 strategist Mike Murphy told the Washington Post, ?Dean is trying to combine McCain?s insurgent appeal with Bush's huge resource advantage. It makes him very formidable.? If the reaction on his blog is any indication, his supporters are going to vote for the extra cash. Most of them appear...
Institute of Politics (IOP) fellow Ben Coes, the manager of Romney’s successful 2002 bid for governor, brought both the Governor and Republican political strategist and former IOP fellow Mike Murphy to Kirkland as part of his IOP study group on how to win a political campaign...
...ensure that his opponent would not exert the same level of control in the 2002 race, Romney named Mike Murphy—who recently served as the chief strategist for Arnold Schwarzenneger’s gubernatorial campaign in California—the lead strategist of his campaign...
...Plucked from a two-part ballot and a 135-candidate field, in what was the largest turnout for a gubernatorial election in more than 20 years, Schwarzenegger's victory could only be described as a landslide. So strong was the final wave in private tracking polls that his top strategist, George Gorton, phoned Schwarzenegger Monday night--10 hours before the polls even opened--and told him, "Arnold, it's all over. It's done. It's through...
Simply regarding bin Laden as a fanatic—albeit a well-organized and violent one—vastly underestimates his intentions, and consequently, his capabilities. The frightening reality is that he is an intelligent, rational geopolitical strategist. As all good geopolitical strategists do, Osama bin Laden has developed a clear endgame. But given the Bush administration’s willingness to alienate allies and Arabs through inflammatory rhetoric and unilateral action, I sometimes wonder when Bush will get around to doing the same...