Obama: The YouTube President

For those of you who attended our breakfast this past Thursday (”The President & The Media: Who’s In Charge Here?) know that President-Elect Barack Obama is not only one of the most technologically saavy people moving into the Oval Office but is already starting to make his presence known on YouTube.

Bravo Mr. President-Elect! Read more

NPR: On The Media “Obama’s Web Strategy”

A fascinating report from NPR:On The Media (from WNYC/New York) which I found a great introduction to our breakfast this week “The Next President and the Media: Who’s Really In Charge Here?” on Thursday morning:http://wemedia.com/events/nextpresidentmedia/ Read more

Times Square NYC Nov 5, 2008: Change is Good!

Congratulations to Barack Obama…a man I was proud to have supported.  At the same time, I was blown away by the tone and content of John McCain’s concession speech last night. A portion of it I have included below.

A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Sen. Barack Obama to congratulate him.

To congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love. Read more

President Obama!

Sen. Barack Obama completed his historic journey to the presidency Tuesday when the state of California gave him enough electoral votes to put him over the 270 needed to win the 2008 election over Sen. John McCain, making him the first person of African-American descent to become the nation’s chief executive. The Democratic senator from Illinois completed his remarkable 21-month journey to win the election with a well-financed campaign that relied largely on small donations gathered via the Internet. Along the way, and he captured a number of states that usually vote Republican.

Toto…I have a feeling we’re not in Alaska anymore.

Thanks to my friend Dave Berg of Frog Pond Consulting for bringing this photo to my attention.

The son of William F. Buckley has decided to vote for a Democrat?

I was listening to NPR this afternoon and heard an interesting interview with Christopher Buckley, the son of the late conservative author and commentator, William F. Buckley Jr., by many, the preeminent voice of American conservatism.

For a brief time in summer and fall 2008, Chris Buckley also wrote the back-page column for National Review, the conservative magazine founded by his late father. This came to an end after Buckley endorsed the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama in October 2008. After many readers & contributors expressed their displeasure, Buckley offered his resignation from the column, which was accepted. Read more

The Long Island Debate

I just think it so cool that the debate took here on Long Island. I reminds me of the day back in 1987 when former CIA Director William Casey passed away. He had lived for many years down the street from my parents and the funeral took place at nearby St. Marys Church.

Not only were there police cars and secret service all over the place…but President Reagan arrived by presidential helicopter at our local town beach…how cool was that. Now here we are…21 years later…and Hofstra University was the host to what might turn out to be one of the most important and interesting debates in history…how cool is that.

Political Ad Spending during an economic downturn

An interesting article from Adweek earlier today.

NEW YORK The economy and the overall advertising market may be under pressure, but political ad spending this year is expected to reach a new record, even though it may fall short of original estimates. Read more

The Great Schlep

Being that we are in the political season, and we have a couple of events planned related to the subject I thought it might be fun to share with you a very funny video my brother Cliff sent me featuring Sarah Siliverman called “The Great Schlep.” (Disclaimer: This video has lots of foul language but is hilarious!!) Read more