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New Hampshire Republican Debate Analysis – VIDEO
Posted by TJ Walker in Government & Politics, Video on January 7, 2012
TJ Walker gives analysis of the latest republican debate, and says Mitt Romney came away a winner because no one attacked him.
Another big winner of the night was Ron Paul, who finally gave a good answer about the racist claims and who attached Santorum with humor.
Mitt Romney’s $10,000 Debate Bet: TJ Walker on Fox News
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Politics, Press Room, Video on December 12, 2011
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.
Is Google making you dumb? – Fox and Friends
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Debate Central on May 16, 2011
TJ Walker debates Mahsa Saeidi-Azcuy about the effect search engines like google.com have on the youth of today.
CNN to Host GOP Primary Debate Next June
Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Government & Politics on December 15, 2010
For political and debate junkies like me, this is an early Christmas present! I love debates! It easy to dismiss early debates like this as meaningless and superficial, only they are not.
As I look back on my notes from the first GOP Presidential debate in 2007, I see that I have the highest marks to Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. True, neither beat John McCain, but both Romney and Huckabee came the closet to beating McCain and both are at the top of the polls now. Coincidence? I think not. Being a great communicator is still critical to being a successful leader, George W. Bush notwithstanding.
Indian Political Talk show ends in Fight – CNN is this your Answer?
Posted by TJ Walker in Communications, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Media, News on December 7, 2010
I have to confess, I think this is the funniest thing ever! I’d love to see a serious political talk/debate show end in a fight like this every night. A lot of men will agree with me on this. No women will like this. You’ve got to watch for yourself.
Christopher Hitchens and Tony Blair debate Whether God Exists – and Hitchens wins the debate: No God
Posted by TJ Walker in Authors Corner, Debate Central, Great Lectures, News, Professional Speakers, Public Speaking Skills on November 28, 2010
Congratulations to Christopher Hitchens for beating Tony Blair last week in Toronto in a debate on whether God Exists. And congrats to the organizer of the debates—it was a sellout crowd AND the story got massive worldwide coverage. Regardless of your position on the existence of a supernatural being, this is good news for those of us who love and care about public speaking and debate.
I’ve often fantasized about a competitive public speaking/debating professional circuit; compete with international rankings and tournaments. I know a lot more kids who were into high school and college debate than were into high school or college hockey or bowling and yet there’s no professional level debate whereas there is for bowling. Bowling! It’s not fair.
Argentinean legislator slaps the he@! out of fellow legislator
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Humor, Politics, reputation management on November 18, 2010
You’ve got to watch this. That’s one way to make your point in a debate! As much fun as it might be to see Nancy Pelosi do this to John Boehner next January, something tells me we won’t be seeing this on C-SPAN anytime soon.
The NY Gubernatorial Freak Show, Er, Debate – public speaking
Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Communications, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics, Media Training, Politics on October 19, 2010
The NY gubernatorial debate last night was a circus, and not the full-scale, classy Ringling Brothers affair. Instead it was a sleazy, small-time affair filled with characters you hope are on the next rain out of town. The organizers of the debate blundered by inviting seven separate candidates, including a former prostitute’s madam and a guy who wears gloves. What the organizers should have done was impose a litmus test of, say, 5% support in the polls, for each candidate, in order to be included in the debate. That would have narrowed it down to just the Republican Carl Paladino and the Democrat Andrew Cuomo. Then, at least both plausible candidates could have debated or at least had a longer airing of their views.
Contrarians will point out that presidential primary debates will often have as many as a dozen candidates on a stage. But that’s different, because quite often there is no clear front-runner, it’s just for a party nomination, and you have numerous people with lifelong experiences in government. And even in presidential primary debates, there are often a hundred or more candidates who were left off the podium because they were considered too unsubstantial.
President Obama Jousts with House Republicans on Friday
Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Keynote Speaking, Politics, Presentation Skills Training, Professional Speakers, Public Speaking Skills, Sales and Marketing on February 1, 2010
President Obama took questions directly from House Republicans last Friday. It was fascinating theater for all who watched it because it wasn’t scripted, thereby making it unpredictable and because he was in front of a hostile audience, making int inherently more interesting. Obama won big poits for courage and Republicans got more airtime too. All involved won. It continues to be a surprise to me that politicans in the US don’t seek this out more, as they do in England and Europe.
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