Not long ago, a mother washing her 9-year-old daughter’s hair lifted her hand to find the girl’s entire head of hair falling out by the handful.The mother, whose daughter went from having long, flowing hair to being virtually bald in a matter of...
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Mark Mellman - 05/03/16 06:35 PM EDT
Consultants are trained by experience, and by mentors, to go negative.There are few more powerful norms among political professionals. When in trouble, when in doubt — whenever, really — attack.Everyone with a modicum of experience can tell powerful...
Mark Mellman - 04/19/16 06:32 PM EDT
It’s often said that Democrats and Republicans inhabit different countries.At least, they seem to see the same country quite differently. They certainly feel differently about it.Last month, a Pew poll found 66 percent of Republicans saying “life...
By Mark Mellman - 04/05/16 06:01 PM EDT
I’m about to make some enemies.In recent weeks, passionate denunciations of “superdelegates” have rolled in from most quarters of the Democratic Party.They’ve been labeled unfair, unjust and even anti-democratic.To the contrary, I believe...
Mark Mellman - 05/10/16 07:30 PM EDT
Data-driven journalism is a blessing. But one of its less salubrious side effects is the tendency on the part of some — mostly non-data journalists — to see everything can be that counted as meaningful.It’s not. This brings us to the discussion...
Mark Mellman - 04/26/16 06:37 PM EDT
With all eyes fixed firmly on the fissures Donald Trump is creating in the GOP, the deep divisions among congressional Republicans are going largely unnoticed. It’s hard to overestimate the height of symbolic petard on which GOP lawmakers are...
Mark Mellman - 04/12/16 06:55 PM EDT
Presidential approval is the single most important piece of political data that is regularly collected.That’s not just because the presidency is the most important office in the land; it is also because no other indicator has proved to be so...
Mark Mellman - 03/29/16 07:21 PM EDT
We dissect the failings of political pollsters at length — and there’s much to criticize. However, those of us in politics face a test each Election Day. We’re either right or wrong, and because some of our surveys become public, folks know it....
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