Living in Flyover Country

I visited a close friend last weekend and sat next to a Chicago native on my flight back into Kansas City.  A sweet older gentleman, he asked, “What’s it like living in Kansas?”  I answered that it’s great if you like small towns, and that while I know it lacks the mountains of Colorado and…

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Notes from the Summit

As we were pleased to do last year, American Majority is providing in-depth training at the Smart Girl Politics 2010 Summit in DC this weekend, and I wanted to share some notes from it with you. Yesterday, we held five training sessions, with Anita MonCrief and Faulkner Strategies joining us at the Summit- we started…

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Saving Starfish

I received this email this morning from Bill Mathews, an American Majority Alumni from the Little Rock area: “I am proud to be a member of a church that supports and encourages Christian participation in the election of our lawmakers. We held our first VOTER REGISTRATION day last Sunday, we had 23 people sign forms,…

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INTERVIEW TIPS FOR CANDIDATES

PORTRAYING THE RIGHT IMAGE In order to maintain credibility, the candidate needs to look and sound like he or she is comfortable and in control.  This is why it is so important that the candidate avoid nervous behavior, such as using filler words and phrases and uncomfortable body language during the interview.  When a candidate…

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So, Politics is just not your thing? ~ Part One

Growing up in the 80’s one of the mantra’s I’ve heard most of my life is: “Don’t discuss politics and religion.” in polite company. (As an aside I found this “starter piece” on The Etiquette of Talking Politics, I don’t agree fully but she makes some excellent points, especially for newbies) I always wondered why…

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