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Marj Halperin spouts off as the Democratic analyst on WGN-TV's Morning News, and occasionally guest anchors on WXRT. Her consulting biz focuses on strategic communications and messaging: how to target your audience whether you want to make news or AVOID making news. She's done both, running political campaigns and working for various government agencies, businesses and non-profits.

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Name Hillary Secretary of State? Yes, he can!

Good news: the national fascination with Hillary Clinton will continue for at least four more years. Politico.com...
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History making? Sure, but Obama's election will also rewrite the books on branding

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Brand analysts will spend the rest of Barack Obama's term--at least--chewing on the marketing meat of this...
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Election winners, losers (continued)

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Hate to dwell on the negative, but there were some real losers in this cycle. 1. Negative campaigning. I am not...
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The election's 3 winners, 3 losers on 3 hours sleep

No point in stating the obvious: we know who won and who lost elections last night--in most cases, anyway. But this election also shaped trends...
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The McCain blame game started early

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Even more distasteful to me than the negative smear ads that are hallmarks of the GOP campaign are reports of...
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Five trends to watch with six days left until the election

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There's still time for a few key factors to build surprise into this election. Nevermind the polls and pundits...
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The mother of all polling sites

Chances of John McCain winning in a landslide? .01%. Chances of Barack Obama losing the popular vote, winning the...
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Will McCain agree with Tina Fey? Palin 'weirdest thing' happened to me

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Based on the latest polls, it looks like Sarah Palin isn't helping John McCain as much as she has helped Tina...
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Why McCain would rather debate Rep. Lewis than Obama

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The thing that really offends John McCain is the fact that his campaign is failing. McCain can puff up in false...
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