[Cincinatus' Wife]

A lot of information in this article.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

.....Overall, Romney is thought to have the best oppo team in this Republican primary, with Yost as chief of research and Matt Rhoades, another veteran of RNC opposition research, as campaign manager. No one in the Romney organization would comment.

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....."Frustrated rivals think they know the secret: a low-profile, hard-driving Republican operative named Matt Rhoades, who is Romney’s campaign manager. Rhoades met Drudge, as POLITICO Editor-in-Chief John F. Harris and co-author Mark Halperin reported in their book “The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008,” when he became research director of the Republican National Committee and was introduced by his predecessor on a special trip to Miami. Rhoades has since been seen as a pipeline to the reclusive Drudge, who now has two veteran Washington reporters working on the site as well.".... Source

[Calusa]

When it comes to running for office now, it’s all about the ‘narrative’. And only chatty mensas permanently attached to a ‘crackberry’ need apply. And they’ve done such a good job so far. Scary!

[SueRae]

Such a noble profession, something you’d really be proud telling your family about at the THanksgiving dinner table.

/s/ (like I really needed a tag?)

[TennesseeGirl]

American Bridge is typical of the new reality. It was founded in November 2010, after the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizens United case opened the door to "SuperPACs," political action committees that are able to raise unlimited amounts of anonymous money to craft attack and advocacy ads during campaigns. The fledgling Democratic research organization now has 15 trackers nationwide filming GOP candidates for Congress and the White House and 25 researchers in Washington poring over this footage and pushing it out to the public.

Hmmm, why am I reminded of Goebbels? Oh,yeah; now I remember: “Propaganda has no principles of its own. It has only one goal, and in politics that goal is always to conquer the masses. Any means to that end is good. and any means that does not serve that end is bad.”

Ick.