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Barkley: Dobbs would be ‘perfect’ IP Party candidate for prez

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.24.09 | 9:02 am

Picture 7Could “Mr. Independent” — as Lou Dobbs promotes himself — become “Mr. Independence Party”? A Politico piece this morning ponders news that the illegal-immigration foe, Birther and former CNN anchor is considering a run for president in…

Job-hunt tip for R.T.: Don’t play with finger puppet of boss-to-be on YouTube

By Chris Steller | 11.21.08 | 1:42 pm

Maybe Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak doesn’t really want a job with the Obama administration after all. In a YouTube video released this week, hizzoner momentarily toys with a small felt replica of the person who has the power (among…

MnIndy audiocast: Adman Bill Hillsman says McCain’s beating Obama at reaching pivotal independent voters

By Steve Perry | 09.26.08 | 12:17 pm

With the last month of a very long presidential campaign nearly upon us, we were interested to see what one of the most provocative and insightful consultants in political advertising had to say about Barack Obama and John McCain’s media strategies up to now.

So I phoned up Bill Hillsman, the person Slate has called “the world’s greatest political ad man.” What Hillsman has to say about the use of media so far in the presidential campaign is a warning of sorts to Barack Obama and the Democrats.