Peter Murmann

Michael Lewis was able to spent 6 months following Barak Obama. He provides us we a good glimpse of what it is like to be President in his Vanity Fair article. Here is the key passage: This was the third time I’d put the question to him, in one form or another. The first time, [Read More]

From ABC News: The American public may be divided on “Obamacare,” but when faced with choosing a candidate to care for them if illness struck, President Obama is their man. By a 13 point margin – 49-36 percent – registered voters polled by ABC News chose the president over Mitt Romney to nurse them back [Read More]

The Economists provides a good review of Obama’s acceptance speech. The Democratic convention:  Barack Obama’s pitch to the centre PERHAPS because there are so few of them, campaign strategists for both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney can describe the undecided voters who will help determine the outcome of this year’s election with remarkable precision. On Thursday evening [Read More]

The conservative commentator put the finger on Mitt’s problem. Given the state of the economy, by any historical standard, Barack Obama should be 15 points behind Mitt Romney. Why is he tied? The empathy gap. On “caring about average people,” Obama wins by 22 points. Maintaining that gap was a principal goal of the Democratic [Read More]

Last night I was never a big fan of Clinton the person but last night’s speech to win over people who have not made up their mind on how to vote was masterful.

Behind the Scenes of the Speech. How Bill Clinton ad-libs his way to a winning speech