• Future Strategy, huuurst

    Posted on February 10th, 2010

    Written by Alexander Hurst

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    Fortune Favors The Bold

    There are two parts to politics. First there’s talking and maneuvering, posturing and positioning. Then there’s doing. Recently the Democrats seem to have found their voice again. Obama can give a speech, we all know that, and for the most part his State of the Union was spot on in saying what needed to be said. He called out Republican obstructionism, at times vented populist anger, and reiterated his commitment to the sweeping change he promised, and was elected to deliver.

  • Elections, Future Strategy, huuurst

    Posted on January 24th, 2010

    Written by Alexander Hurst

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    Featured in the Cleveland Plain Dealer

    I had an editorial published today in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.  You can read it here.

  • huuurst

    Posted on January 20th, 2010

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    What Really Happened In Massachusetts

    The mainstream media narrative of what happened last night in Massachusetts is of a Democratic Party facing enormous setbacks, and of a voter population turning against Obama and his agenda. We’re here with a different perspective; we think something different happened last night in Massachusetts, and here it is:

    Massachusetts’s voters did their damndest to save the Democratic Party from itself by electing Scott Brown. They fired a warning shot across the bow of an administration and congress that has mismanaged the wall street bailouts, and has turned healthcare reform into a ghost of a bill due to its fixation on pleasing and avoiding confrontation with Republicans.

    Last night was a protest.