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Air lobbyists shift blame for delays -
09/19/2007
It should shock almost no one that Jim May, CEO of the Air Transport Association, spends much of his time on planes and tarmacs and in airport terminals.
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It’s Bird Eat Bird in a Cluttered Sky -
08/26/2007
In what is shaping up as a smackdown between two of the least popular constituencies out there — airlines and corporate chieftains — the argument over the delays plaguing airports across America this summer is quickly taking a populist turn.
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Crist wins GOP nomination for governor -
09/05/2006
ST. PETERSBURG - Attorney General Charlie Crist won the Republican nomination Tuesday to replace Gov. Jeb Bush, defeating Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher with personal charm and a campaign that appealed to a broad electorate.
With 77 percent of precincts reporting, Crist had 63.7 percent of the vote, compared to 33.8 percent for Gallagher.
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Harris, Crist Win Nominations; Smith Concedes -
09/05/2006
September 5, 2006, 11:46 PM EDT
Charlie Crist swamped Tom Gallagher to win the Republican primary for governor Tuesday, while Democrat Jim Davis narrowly edged Rod Smith in their party's bitterly fought contest.
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Crist pushes status quo, Davis attacks it -
09/05/2006
BY MARY ELLEN KLAS AND BETH REINHARD
meklas@MiamiHerald.com
Charlie Crist coasted to victory. Jim Davis stumbled to it.
The two men -- Crist, the Republican, and Davis, the Democrat -- are set to meet each other in the Nov. 7 general election, but they begin the race for Florida's next governor in vastly different shape.
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The images they create could mean everything -
09/03/2006
By STEVE BOUSQUET, Times Staff Writer
Published September 3, 2006
Tom Gallagher is shooting baskets in the driveway with his 7-year-old son, while Charlie Crist is standing on a leafy suburban street saying "I love Florida."
A windblown Rod Smith is railing against high insurance rates, and Jim Davis is basking in the reflected, sober glory of Bob Graham's endorsement.
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The Campaign Bake-Off -
08/14/2006
By Charley Manning | August 14, 2006
AS THE HOT summer doldrums continue to hover over the race to replace Mitt Romney as governor of Massachusetts, nothing much has happened and nothing much has changed.
Deval Patrick is still the favorite to take the three-way Democratic primary, and Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, who doesn't have a primary, still looks like the best bet to win in November.
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At Capitol, Swann touts book outlining his vision for state -
08/10/2006
By Tom Barnes, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Bureau
HARRISBURG -- Many sports fans know that Lynn Swann was a star receiver for the Steelers. Many people also know that he's the Republican candidate for governor this year.
But who knew that he's the author of a new book? Well, a co-author, anyway.
Mr. Swann stopped at the state Capitol yesterday to tout his new paperback, "A New Direction: My Plan for a Better Pennsylvania," which he put together with Robert Heiler, a Washington, D.C., writer.
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The Ad Gurus Behind Riley Victory -
06/11/2006
Consultants say win was, and is, inevitable
TOM GORDON
News staff writer
Bob Riley wasn't taking any chances when he hired a television media consultant for his re-election campaign.
After all, the Stevens & Schriefer Group scored points for George W. Bush and won a national award for a 2004 TV spot that showed Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry windsurfing and said he shifted positions "whichever way the wind blows."
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Crist's TV Spot to Start Campaign -
05/01/2006
By ADAM C. SMITH, Times Political Editor
Charlie Crist kicks off the air war in Florida's governor's race this weekend.
Flush from record-breaking fundraising and eager to define himself to voters before his opponents try to define him themselves, the Republican front-runner is set to air on Sunday a feel-good TV spot touting his record as attorney general, education commissioner and state senator.
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Weldon will unleash the ‘Army of Curt’ -
03/14/2006
By Jonathan E. Kaplan
Facing what could become an unexpectedly competitive bid for reelection, Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) promised to unleash “the Army of Curt” against Joe Sestak, a retired vice admiral in the U.S. Navy and his likely opponent in the November midterm elections.
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Healey hires well-known political strategist -
08/15/2005
By Associated Press
BOSTON - Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey is hiring a well-known political consultant to run her possible gubernatorial campaign.
Healey is expected to sign a contract in the next several days with the Stevens and Schriefer Group, a Washington-based media and political strategy firm.
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Healey to hire strategy firm; GOP consultant has national role -
08/13/2005
Moving to assemble a powerhouse political operation, Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey is hiring a nationally known Republican consultant who played a key role in George W. Bush's presidential campaign.
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AWARDS SEASON: The POLLIES -
03/07/2005
Posted 2005-02-28
Depending on whom you ask, the Pollie Awards, which the American Association of Political Consultants has been handing out since 1985, are either the Oscars or the Golden Globes of the campaign industry. On a recent Saturday night, about three hundred and fifty of the profession’s finest—media strategists, direct-mail coördinators, opposition-research gurus—turned up at the Washington, D.C., Park Hyatt for the presentation of this year’s honors. During a three-and-a-half-hour ceremony, operatives from both sides of the aisle clapped, whistled, and yelled “Whoo!” as awards were conferred for outstanding achievement in a broad range of categories.
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On Nov. 2, GOP Got More Bang For Its Billion, Analysis Shows -
12/30/2004
By Thomas B. Edsall and James V. Grimaldi
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, December 30, 2004; Page A01
In the most expensive presidential contest in the nation's history, John F. Kerry and his Democratic supporters nearly matched President Bush and the Republicans, who outspent them by just $60 million, $1.14 billion to $1.08 billion.
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By LIZ SIDOTI -
12/13/2003
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's re-election campaign has quietly recruited a large media team, featuring some of the GOP's most renowned ad makers, in preparation for spending tens of millions of dollars on television advertising next year.
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NAR’S Banking Campaign Radio Ad Wins Pollie Award -
01/23/2003
WASHINGTON. (January 23, 2003) – The National Association of Realtors(R) radio ad aimed at keeping banking conglomerates out of the real estate business recently received a prestigious Pollie Award from the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC).
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