Don’t doom yourself to political suicide by competing in a crowded field!
And I’m using the word “doom” as in Mr. Santayana’s particularly prescient proposition that those who fail to pay attention will soon start feeling like they’re Bill Murray’s character in ‘Groundhog Day.’ And the whole “doomed to repeat it” dynamic is certainly a recurring ‘So You Want to Win a Local Election’ book theme. The…
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The only thing that could possibly prepare you for a political campaign…
The only thing that could possibly prepare you for a political campaign is youth sports!
Please pick a race you can win!
My favorite campaign commandment in the soon-to-be-released ‘So You Want to Win a Local Election?’ is …drumroll please… pick a race you can win! I may love idealists and their boundless energy, but we campaign managers have another name for those overly optimistic folks – “losers!” And I mean that in the electoral sense only.…
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You have to play the campaign game not to lose…
You have to play the campaign game not to lose – a difficult concept for Americans to grasp.