Stories by Laurie Spivak
Laurie Spivak is a fellow with the Commonweal Institute.
Armstrong Williams being paid to promote Bush administration policies in his columns is just one part of the behemoth marketing effort that the right wing has perfected.
Posted on Jan 11, 2005
By harnessing the creativity of the progressive community, MoveOn counters the Bush administration's cynical and deceptive ad campaign with flair.
Posted on Sep 20, 2004
With the death knell of small government pealing in the distance, will Republicans try to coopt progressivism?
Posted on Sep 1, 2004
The Dems have J.Lo, Whoopi, Leonardo and Kirsten, among others; the Republicans have Arnold and Charlton Heston. In an increasingly media-saturated culture, star power may prove the GOP's Achilles' heel.
Posted on Jul 23, 2004
By describing various parts – deregulation, media consolidation, pre-emptive war – Americans fail to grasp the problem as a whole: failed conservative politics.
Posted on Jun 24, 2004
The majority of Americans are more closely aligned with Democrats than they are with Republicans. Yet today, twice as many Americans identify themselves as conservatives than as progressives. One of the big problems? Marketing.
Posted on May 25, 2004
If we want progressive policies to dominate in the marketplace of ideas, then we have to start fighting fire with fire and thinking strategically like conservatives.
Posted on Apr 13, 2004
Just two days after Howard Stern urged listeners to 'vote George W. Bush out of office,' Clear Channel suspended him. Now the nation's most popular radio host may be the Republicans' worst nightmare.
Posted on Mar 10, 2004
