Michael Deaver on the US Elections
April 10, 2007 | 5 comments | permalink
One of the great things about working at this place is the experience and perspective of some of my colleagues. Mike Deaver is Edelman’s Vice Chairman Worldwide based in our Washington office. He’s a regular visitor here and helps us way beyond the call of duty. He’s more famous of course for being Ronald Reagan’s Deputy White House Chief of Staff between 1981 and 1985 and so he knows a thing or two about campaigning. I asked him to give me a quick view on where we are with this campaign and he just sent me this video.
Some Key Points:
- This is the first time since 1924 that no ex President or Vice President is on any ticket
- Mostly, those ahead at this stage either don’t make their party’s nomination or get elected as President
- The role of the internet and new media is the single biggest difference between this election and those past
- Two people, Al Gore and Fred Thompson, who could have a big bearing on this election have not said a word yet - the Tennessee factor
- Quoting Ronald Reagan, quoting Al Jolson he finishes: “Stay tuned, you ain’t seen nothing yet”.
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[…] I am fortunate enough to work in the same office with Mike Deaver, who most will remember as President Reagan’s Deputy Chief of Staff and longtime communications guru. A couple of months ago, Mike recorded a short video for our European colleagues providing some analysis of the upcoming U.S. Presidential election. Yesterday, using that video as its chief source, the Daily Telegraph of London reported that Mike had endorsed Fred Thompson. The Drudge Report picked up the story this morning, and by this evening, the stampede was on — Reagan folks getting on board with Thompson. […]
[…] A couple of weeks ago I posted a video of my colleague Mike Deaver talking about the prospects of various candidates in the US presidential election. Mike was Ronald Reagan’s Deputy White House Chief of Staff between 1981 and 1985 and so knows a thing or two about campaigning and I always find his perspective interesting. I’m not the only one it turns out. This Sunday, Tim Shipman, the Washington Correspondent of the UK’s Sunday Telegraph, wrote a piece entitled Reagan’s men are backing - - an actor. In the piece he quoted Mike Deaver from my video on the subject of Senator Fred Thompson: […]
[…] Today, however, comes news from the original source, a blog run by the European CEO of the Edelman public relations firm. David Brain conducts mini interviews with prominent figures, and April 10 posted a video with Deaver, an Edelman executive, discussing the 2008 presidential campaign. At the end of some general comments about the wide open nature of the race and the frontrunners, Deaver mentions the possible influence that Thompson and former vice president Al Gore might have if they were to run. […]
[…] And his personal authority was undiminshed by the years. He did a video interview for me in April on the US elections which was imediately picked up by various news sources and blogs as a telling commentary on where the Republicans were going or what they should be going. […]
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