Fast Company (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
This morning global ad shop Euro RSCG hosted a breakfast-style meeting of the minds: politics & marketing. The A-list speakers included longtime Democratic strategist Paul Begala and longtime Republic strategist Alex Castellanos (Begala is the ...
The Real Paul Jones (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Odd shoutouts to “Cathedral and Bazaar” and Open Source from Alex Castellanos on CNN at 12:10 AM CT Nov. 5, 2008.
Salon (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
with Tom Schaller, Alex Castellanos, Ron Christie and Reihan Salam Subscribe: Nov. 14, 2008 | The Republican Party is now licking the wounds from its second consecutive electoral to use the outgoing president's memorable morning-after phrase from November 2006. Just three years ago, the GOP controlled the presidency, the House and the Senate; come January Democrats will control the White...
Salon.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Adam Nagourney has an interesting piece about the future of the suddenly embattled Republican Party. We will soon be publishing here at Salon a conversation about this very subject conducted with three very smart Republicans -- Alex Castellanos, Ron Christie and Reihan Salam -- who offered many great insights about where the Republican Party stands today, where it is headed and what...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
On CNN's extended election pundit special The Situation Room, all the usual suspects were present: David Gergen, Paul Begala, Alex Castellanos, Roland Martin, and Jimmy 'the ragin'…
Masson's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
A buddy of mine mentioned some commentary by Alex Castellanos on CNN that I had missed. Castellanos mentioned Obama telling the public that he needs their help. He made a leap to an important essay of the open source software movement entitled the Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond. The gist of the essay [...]
Cnet (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Alex Castellanos has some choice words for Obama's open-source way, and Microsoft's outdated approach to software development.
Eschaton (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
WaPo: The Post asked pollsters, pundits and others what went wrong for John McCain and the GOP. Below are thoughts from Ed Rogers, Carter Eskew, Alex Castellanos, Douglas Schoen, Geoff Garin, Dick Morris. ED ROGERS White House staffer to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush; group chairman of BGR Holding Let the autopsy begin! First, no party has kept the White House three terms since...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Multiple people throughout the CNN newsroom were using the phrase "calm before the storm," at 5:30pmET last night. The BPTOT was gathering on the edge of the newsroom as anchor Wolf Blitzer interviewed former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani . Conservative commentator Alex Castellanos and Democratic commentator Paul Begala compared ties (they wore opposite colors). "It's kind of a George...
All Spin Zone (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
... Al Franken has this one. So does Barack Obama. Turn in your prognostication card. Here’s Alex Castellanos , one of Mitt Romney’s advisors. That means he helped a guy spend more money for less primary vvotes than any man in history. Here it is: Alex Castellanos, Republican Strategist: Obama wins with 318 electoral votes, which he gains by carrying Florida, Pennsylvania,...
The Stinging Nettle (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
Right on. As Alex Castellanos said yesterday: "If you're making ads that say there is no God, it usually means your campaign doesn't have a prayer." Elizabeth Dole is desperate now. She is desperate to hang onto this Senate seat so she can remain relevant in her true home, Washington, DC. Without this Senate seat, her lifetime of moving among the powerful will be for naught. However will...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
... that was a statistical toss-up on Election Day remains one right now. Al Franken (who CNN's Alex Castellanos dismissed as a "lunatic" on Tuesday night) received the votes of more than 1.2 million of his fellow Minnesotans and raised over $15 million in order to fight what turned out to be the most expensive Senate race in the country. Al is a serious contender, despite the opposition's...
Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
... of justices of the Supreme Court, that majority gets to decide the election. Republican hack Alex Castellanos said last night, on CNN: "There is no way for us Republicans to win this election unless we had a 9-0 majority on the Supreme Court." That was a joke. But it really wasn't a joke at all, was it? Think about that. Is this a constitutional principle that we want established?...
Washington Wire (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
... McCain can still win, but he projected Obama will get more than 300 votes. Longtime GOP consultant Alex Castellanos gave Obama 318, and further predicted Obama will win his home state of Virginia. NBC political analyst Chuck Todd also predicted an Obama victory in the Old Dominion. Democratic operative James Carville gave Obama more than 330 electoral votes and said Democrats will...
findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Pundits have argued that Sen. Obama’s economic pitch successfully redefined McCain’s maverick status as really just “more of the same,” a slogan that Obama’s campaign has often repeated. “The Republican brand's in trouble for all these guys,” party strategist Alex Castellanos told The Washington Post in October. “It seems like an eternity ago, but it was only a few weeks, that the Republican...
