http://www.tjwalker.com News analyzed from a communication perspective. | Public speaking, media training, presentation training, crisis communications Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:18:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/30/mitt-romney-continues-to-surge-as-floridians-get-set-to-vote-in-republican-primary%e2%80%8e-mike-bako-on-newsradio-590-am/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/30/mitt-romney-continues-to-surge-as-floridians-get-set-to-vote-in-republican-primary%e2%80%8e-mike-bako-on-newsradio-590-am/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:59:35 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12546
Mike Bako breaks down what to expect from Tuesday’s Republican primary and beyond for Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/30/mitt-romney-continues-to-surge-as-floridians-get-set-to-vote-in-republican-primary%e2%80%8e-mike-bako-on-newsradio-590-am/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/26/obama-and-arizona-governor-have-tense-exchange-how-respected-is-president-obama/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/26/obama-and-arizona-governor-have-tense-exchange-how-respected-is-president-obama/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:55:53 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12543
Mike Bako on Headline News Radio]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/26/obama-and-arizona-governor-have-tense-exchange-how-respected-is-president-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/25/grading-obama%e2%80%99s-state-of-the-union-address-mike-bako-on-wall-street-jouranl-radio/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/25/grading-obama%e2%80%99s-state-of-the-union-address-mike-bako-on-wall-street-jouranl-radio/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:34:07 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12532
President Obama’s 2012 State of the Union speech could easily have been billed as his rebuttal to the beating he has been taking over the last two months from his would-be Republican challengers on the campaign trail and during their numerous debates. Obama’s State of The Union speech was his attempt to bring back to [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/25/grading-obama%e2%80%99s-state-of-the-union-address-mike-bako-on-wall-street-jouranl-radio/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/16/mike-bako-on-fox-report-tim-tebows-season-comes-to-an-end/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/16/mike-bako-on-fox-report-tim-tebows-season-comes-to-an-end/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:54:17 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12507
Mike Bako wraps up a wild weekend of NFL playoff action on the Fox Report (1/15/12). What does the future hold for Tim Tebow? Also, is this the last of Tebowing and Tebowie? Are the New York Giants and New England Patriots on a collision course for a Super Bowl rematch? How did Tom Brady, [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/16/mike-bako-on-fox-report-tim-tebows-season-comes-to-an-end/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/16/mike-bako-on-americas-news-radio-network-nfl-playoffs-down-to-the-final-four/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/16/mike-bako-on-americas-news-radio-network-nfl-playoffs-down-to-the-final-four/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:29:34 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12510
Mike Bako on America’s News Radio Network discussing the NFC and AFC playoffs as well as a preview of the championship games and a Super Bowl prediction.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/16/mike-bako-on-americas-news-radio-network-nfl-playoffs-down-to-the-final-four/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/11/is-it-fair-to-quote-mitt-romney-on-%e2%80%9cfiring%e2%80%9d/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/11/is-it-fair-to-quote-mitt-romney-on-%e2%80%9cfiring%e2%80%9d/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:08:36 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12503 There is a great deal of nonsense surround the fairness of quoting Mitt Romney saying “I like to be able to fire people.” Romney defenders scream that this quote is taken out of context and is horrifically unfair. But every quote in every newspaper, TV newscast and political ad is “taken out of context.” It [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/11/is-it-fair-to-quote-mitt-romney-on-%e2%80%9cfiring%e2%80%9d/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/05/mitt-romney-set-for-more-battles-in-new-hampshire-mike-bako-on-headline-news/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/05/mitt-romney-set-for-more-battles-in-new-hampshire-mike-bako-on-headline-news/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:11:41 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12490
Mike Bako appears on Headline News to discuss the upcoming battle Mitt Romney will have in New Hampshire after his win in the Iowa caucuses.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2012/01/05/mitt-romney-set-for-more-battles-in-new-hampshire-mike-bako-on-headline-news/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/30/sneak-peak-at-new-anti-romney-tv-ad/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/30/sneak-peak-at-new-anti-romney-tv-ad/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:32:38 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12481 Help get this Ad on the airwaves by donating here.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/30/sneak-peak-at-new-anti-romney-tv-ad/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/19/the-ultimate-anti-newt-tv-ad/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/19/the-ultimate-anti-newt-tv-ad/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:34:35 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12409 In case Newt Gingrich does get the GOP nomination, my group, AmericanLP, wants to be ready. So we are in planning stages for casting and shooting a commercial like the one below. Please contact me if you know anyone who would be interested in starring in the ad. Open Casting call for White Woman age30-45 [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/19/the-ultimate-anti-newt-tv-ad/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/18/do-tim-tebow%e2%80%99s-expressions-of-faith-cross-the-line-mike-bako-on-wor-radio/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/18/do-tim-tebow%e2%80%99s-expressions-of-faith-cross-the-line-mike-bako-on-wor-radio/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:45:56 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12414
When Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow kneels after a big win or thanks God in an interview, some fans love it and some, well, they don’t. But are Tebow’s open expressions of faith crossing a line? SOURCE: Washington Post]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/18/do-tim-tebow%e2%80%99s-expressions-of-faith-cross-the-line-mike-bako-on-wor-radio/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/16/who-won-the-republican-debate-last-night/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/16/who-won-the-republican-debate-last-night/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:04:57 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12407 The debate was a bit of a mixed bag with no clear-cut winners or losers. Here is the breakdown: Newt Gingrich—Newt had horrible moments and great moments. When Newt goes on and on explaining why he was paid $1.6 million by a federal entity to NOT be a lobbyist, he doesn’t pass the laugh test. [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/16/who-won-the-republican-debate-last-night/feed/ 8 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/14/foxnews-rejects-french-mitt-romney-ad/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/14/foxnews-rejects-french-mitt-romney-ad/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:48:01 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12398 My office just got off the phone with Erin Kelly, head of political ad sales at the Fox News Channel. She told us our ad “French Romney” was rejected because everything Fox airs “has to be truthful.” No, I’m not making this up. 60 seconds after the call ended, Erin called back to clarify. She [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/14/foxnews-rejects-french-mitt-romney-ad/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/12/mitt-romneys-10000-debate-bet-tj-walker-on-fox-news/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/12/mitt-romneys-10000-debate-bet-tj-walker-on-fox-news/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:15:49 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12395
Daily National Managing Editor, TJ Walker, appears on Fox News to offer analysis of the ABC News Republican debate. Mitt Romney won the sound bite of the night when he offered to wager Rick Perry $10,000. Unfortunately it is an award that might come with heavy consequences for him.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/12/mitt-romneys-10000-debate-bet-tj-walker-on-fox-news/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/09/french-speaking-mitt-romney-ad/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/09/french-speaking-mitt-romney-ad/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:18:55 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12386
AmericanLP, a new Democratic Super PAC, announced today that it is launching a new advertising campaign designed to mock Mitt Romney and the current state of the Republican Party.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/09/french-speaking-mitt-romney-ad/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/05/young-turks-debuts-on-current-tv-liberal-television/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/05/young-turks-debuts-on-current-tv-liberal-television/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:42:16 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12379 TJ Walker congratulates Cenk Uygur on his show premiere on Current TV. But is there room for more programming with a liberal focus? Do democrats even watch TV? Good luck and congrats to Cenk Uygur and The Young Turks on their debut tonight on Current TV. Cenk really paid his dues during a lot of [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/05/young-turks-debuts-on-current-tv-liberal-television/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/05/herman-cain-target-of-fec-investigation-demand/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/05/herman-cain-target-of-fec-investigation-demand/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:52:27 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12377 December 5, 2011 Cynthia l. Bauerly Chair, Federal Election Commission 999 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20463 Dear Madame Bauerly: I respectfully request that you begin an immediate fraud investigation in the Friends of Herman Cain, Inc political action committee on the grounds that it is a fraudulent operation that has not operated within the [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/05/herman-cain-target-of-fec-investigation-demand/feed/ 1 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/02/newt-gingrich-for-president-%e2%80%93-the-liberal-democratic-perspective/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/02/newt-gingrich-for-president-%e2%80%93-the-liberal-democratic-perspective/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:36:14 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12375 Imagine you are a longtime Republican Party activist just returning to the United States after a year-long vacation abroad. At home you turn on your computer and go to the Drudge Report and see that the Democrats somehow managed to change the constitution and nominated Fidel Castro for President. First, you’d rub your eyes to [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/12/02/newt-gingrich-for-president-%e2%80%93-the-liberal-democratic-perspective/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/right-wing-message-goons-demagogue-obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9clazy%e2%80%9d-comment/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/right-wing-message-goons-demagogue-obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9clazy%e2%80%9d-comment/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:06:46 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12354 From Krauthammer to Hannity to Romney, the whole Right Wing message echo chamber is having a field day over Obama’s description of our economic woes being due, in part, to Americans being “lazy” with respect to our competition with other countries like China over the last 2 decades. This might have some credence if it [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/right-wing-message-goons-demagogue-obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9clazy%e2%80%9d-comment/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/rep-scott-rigell-r-of-virginia-actually-said-something-honest-on-the-house-floor-monday-night/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/rep-scott-rigell-r-of-virginia-actually-said-something-honest-on-the-house-floor-monday-night/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:30:48 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12350
“…I would say to my friends, who are Democrats, let’s consider this. Historically, we’ve been around 19 percent of expenses as a percent of our gross domestic product. Right now, we’re over 24.5 percent. This is putting America on a perilous course and I believe that it threatens our country in a fundamental way. “Now, [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/rep-scott-rigell-r-of-virginia-actually-said-something-honest-on-the-house-floor-monday-night/feed/ 2 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/mitt-romney-caught-being-a-lying-hypocrite/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/mitt-romney-caught-being-a-lying-hypocrite/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:15:43 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12348 Mitt Romney is running ads attacking Obama for claiming Americans were lazy. Well, it turns out that Romney said essentially the same thing in his own recent book: “We have been accustomed to being the world’s leading nation for so long, enjoying the freedom, security, and prosperity that comes with that leadership, that we have [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/mitt-romney-caught-being-a-lying-hypocrite/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/top-ten-reasons-newt-gingrich-will-flame-out-like-a-napalm-birthday-candle/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/top-ten-reasons-newt-gingrich-will-flame-out-like-a-napalm-birthday-candle/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:41:18 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12346
This Gingrich as flavor of the month is going to be fun, really fun! Republicans, if you are trying to figure out how Democrats feel right now, imagine how you would feel if the Democrats nominated a ticket of Al Sharpton and John Edwards, or Ted Kennedy’s corpse and Willie Horton.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/top-ten-reasons-newt-gingrich-will-flame-out-like-a-napalm-birthday-candle/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/energy-secretary-steven-chu-defends-solyndra/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/energy-secretary-steven-chu-defends-solyndra/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:14:48 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12340 This nonsense over Solyndra continues. Conservative idiots consistently forget the following: 1. Solyndra failed because the cost of solar panels went down across the industry, which is a net plus for everybody. 2. The government backs alternative energy businesses precisely because they are too risky for the private sector, therefore, by definition, some should fail. [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/energy-secretary-steven-chu-defends-solyndra/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/question-will-oscar-ramiro-ortega-hernandez-become-the-next-gop-presidential-frontrunner/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/question-will-oscar-ramiro-ortega-hernandez-become-the-next-gop-presidential-frontrunner/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:06:31 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12338 Ortega-Hernandez, as you may have heard, was recently arrested for shooting at the White House. So what do we know about Ortega-Hernandez that would help his candidacy. 1. He is obsessed with Obama. 2. He’s publicly stated his hatred for Obama. 3. He’s a big fan of the second amendment 4. He absolutely loves guns. [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/question-will-oscar-ramiro-ortega-hernandez-become-the-next-gop-presidential-frontrunner/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/ron-paul-says-obama%e2%80%99s-healthcare-is-fascism-not-socialism/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/ron-paul-says-obama%e2%80%99s-healthcare-is-fascism-not-socialism/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:57:04 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=12336 And Ron Paul is correct! Republicans forced Obama to essentially bribe all the big insurance companies and health care providers into being a part of Obama care. And that’s what made it big, bloated and more expensive than, say, Canada. Socialized healthcare would be better and cheaper than what we have now, just as socialized [...]]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/11/18/ron-paul-says-obama%e2%80%99s-healthcare-is-fascism-not-socialism/feed/ 0 http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/06/16/anthony-weiner-is-resigning/ http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/06/16/anthony-weiner-is-resigning/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:08:59 +0000 TJ Walker http://www.tjwalker.com/?p=11829 TJ Walker comments on Weiner’s choice to resign, and says it may be too late. For more information on media and presentation training please visit http://www.mediatrainingworldwide.com,http://www.mediatrainingworkshop.com and continue reading http://www.mediatrainingworldwide.com/blog for news and analysis to help you communicate more effectively.]]> http://www.tjwalker.com/2011/06/16/anthony-weiner-is-resigning/feed/ 0