A compelling story requires conflict, friction, an obstacle to be overcome.
Being a skeptical and thoughtful consumer of polls is essential.
Candidates, of course, often claim that they want to run 'a purely positive campaign,' but this rarely materializes.
Donald Trump has had political success positioning himself as a 'law-and-order' candidate.
Electing Democrats means nothing happens. Elect Republicans, and at least there's a chance.
Even when we're not talking about Trump, we're talking about Trump.
For federal races, being able to carefully navigate the Trump Era is a significant challenge.
For thousands of years, humans have used the art of storytelling to motivate and persuade.
For Trump, the story is everything. There is no real plan to defeat the villains that Trump tees up, of course.
I dreamed of being like Sam Seaborn on 'The West Wing'.
I grew up in Orlando, Florida, and I joined the debate team right around the time of the 2000 election.
I have written time and again about the damage the Republican Party has done to itself with the millennial generation.
I remember fancying myself a junior 'McCainiac' in 2000, though politics were rarely discussed in our household.
I think 'Candy Crush' may be fading in popularity, but there's always something new that's popping up.
If there is one issue where one could justifiably assume that Republicans are all in agreement, it is on lowering taxes.
Trump won 44.4 percent of votes in Virginia in 2016. At press time, Ed Gillespie had won 45 percent of the vote in 2017.
The reality is that the Republican Party may have unified government but is not unified enough on many major signature policy areas.
The robots are coming, whether we like it or not, and will change our economy in dramatic ways.
The things that frustrate one piece of Trump's coalition often endear him to or embolden another wing of the coalition.
Major realigning events can reshape coalitions and change how large groups of people view politics, policy, and the parties.
Thoughtful education programs and access to effective forms of contraception are key to preventing unplanned pregnancy.
Not all change and disruption succeeds, to be sure.
