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Monday July 30, 2018 · 12:56 PM PDT

2018/07/30 · 12:56

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Dear Debbie... A note to the DNC Chair

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Friday December 19, 2014 · 7:52 AM PST

2014/12/19 · 07:52

Seriously, you can't ask that question like this:

This week, I have received three emails prompting me to take the DNC's December survey. Each time, the prompting email suggests that they are looking for my ideas. A quick look into the survey itself confirms that they are not.

One of the emails, "signed" by DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, reads like this:

Hey xxxxxxxx --
If you have a few minutes, would you mind taking a quick look at this and letting me know your thoughts?

http://my.democrats.org/...

It'll really help us. I appreciate it!

Thanks,

Debbie

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Chair
Democratic National Committee

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Frameshop: The Ryan Budget - How to Talk About it

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Saturday September 15, 2012 · 4:42 PM PDT

2012/09/15 · 16:42

Every time we casually speak of the Ryan budget without including framing language, we miss an opportunity to mold public opinion. We can all cite facts and figures about the budget, but what really moves public opinion is language that connects to the readers' values. That's what framing is about - the art of selecting language so that the audience realizes that they already agree with you.

Several months ago, the Frameshop group was formed to experiment with crowd-sourced framing. Specifically, the idea is that top-down issue framing, which works so well for Republicans, does not and cannot work on our side of the aisle. Frameshop was created as an experiment to see if issue framing could be done from the bottom up, substituting crowd-sourcing for the focus groups normally used to test candidate frames. More information can be found in the original post here: Frameshop: An Experiment in Crowd-Sourcing a Progressive Message

For a variety of reasons, we got so far as to introduce the concept but never to actually begin the work. Starting with the Ryan budget, we now begin...

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Which of these frames should we adopt when generically referring to the Ryan budget?

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Which of these frames should we adopt when generically referring to the Ryan budget?

Kill Medicare

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Increase the Deficit

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Bring Back Pre-existing Conditions

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Winner Takes All

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An Open Letter to My Surly Republican Friends

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Wednesday January 25, 2012 · 8:18 PM PST

2012/01/25 · 20:18

I am the regular co-host on the Nancy Nelson show on Wednesdays on AM950, broadcasting in the Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area of Minnesota. What follows is an open letter I wrote to Republicans, and is presented as read on-air earlier today.

You can find the audio on the AM950 facebook page. Information about the Nancy Nelson show can be found here.

To my republican friends: ...

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Monday June 13, 2011 · 2:39 PM PDT

2011/06/13 · 14:39

This diary is about framing, and about how Republicans do it well and Democrats do not. More importantly, it is about understanding why this is the case, why attempts to replicate GOP success do not work for Democrats, and what we can do differently to build our messaging prowess.

This diary is not an academic exercise in issue framing theory - it is a call to join in an experiment to see if there is a better framing model we can use than the top-down approach that works so well for Republicans.

If you are frustrated at GOP messaging success and are ready to actually do something about it, join me after the break...

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Wednesday June 20, 2007 · 3:58 PM PDT

2007/06/20 · 15:58

Yesterday's party affiliation announcement by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has sent the blogs, the MSM, and political junkies everywhere into a frenzy of speculation. Having been a life-long Democrat prior to his Republican conversion makes both sides nervous, and will likely send every 2008 Presidential campaign back to their strategy discussions.

Will Bloomberg draw more votes from Republican voters, with whom he has been more recently allied? Or will his Democratic history and liberal leanings on some issues disproportionately siphon frustrated moderates away from the Democratic nominee? No one knows, and the only certain thing is that his personal wealth allows him to mount a credible candidacy without any party backing.

With his net worth estimated at $5B, a Bloomberg presidential candidacy is a curve ball to both sides, presenting risks that neither party quite knows how to manage. And in that uncertainty lies a hidden opportunity that progressives should recognize and embrace. More on the flip...

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