Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms

[minionofmidas]

1. Always fire first.  (I disagree) [depends what's meant]
6. If it's not on television, it barely matters.  (Totally disagree)
7. An attack made on television must be responded to on television. (Disagree.  However this point was made by Rollins BEFORE the internet became so influenctial). [ah, alright, internet. I was thinking of traditional word of mouth at first, which should not be underestimated either - remember that Black guy who came third in LA 7? He spent nary a cent. But regarding news stories, yeah, as long as its not on tv, it's barely important. If it's really big on the net, it'll be on TV as well]
12. Don't tell your candidate what to believe; tell him how to say it. (True, and if he doesn't have firm beliefs, be VERY, VERY scared) [also tell him which ones of his beliefs not to talk about at all]
13. If your candidate doesn't bewlieve in anything, don't do the campaign; he's going to lose. (Loss more usual than normal, but alas not always the case.) [I think he's only thinking of races that were competitive in the first place here. Most US CDs would elect a brush with the right party moniker, if he's photographed nicely. Of course, this might change if the opponent came across as centrist and was well funded]

[minionofmidas]

He's particularly right about "campaigns not being democracies". As it was once put to me, "a camel is a horse designed by a committee".

A camel is much better at carrying large burdens and working long hours than a horse... I've seen a single camel drag a trailer loaded with logs.