Campaign Staff Gifts

"I do 30 minutes of aerobic speech making, 30 minutes of hand shaking, and 30 minutes of kicking the can down the road."

"He's coming across as Reaganish but not Reaganesque."

Absolutely Better Off

When hiking trail crosses campaign trail...VOTE!

Romney Pep Talk

'Yeehah! On to New Hampshire!'

'Isn't it time someone invented the Campaign App?'

'Well, and this is Hackstrom. He is the head of the canvassing department.'

"Good boy."

'What sort of mission statement is that?'

'If only every year was an election year.'

Multi-tasking.

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

Political convention

'These are job perks.'

'The ultimate sign of success is when no one puts you on hold.'

'Say, our stress control seminar worked! Our sales are way down...but so what if they are.'

'He's written some great slogans and some great labels, but he's never written a great coupon.'

An informed voter is a good voter

Political Candidates' Playbook Signals from the sidelines

'Congratulations Smith, you got that promotion. Commiserations Reid, you got that demotion.'

Stressed employee says to colleague: 'I think I'm on top of the situation and I hope I'm in the loop, but I can't seem to get ahead of the curve.'

'Once, long ago, I thought I was wrong...but it turned out I was mistaken.'

A political promise is intended to be a golden egg...Which is kept in a pork barrel and after an election...Hatches into a dead duck before...it turns invisible so it can quietly vanish.

Though Mr. Frackman had yet to say a word, Bill sensed he was about to receive a particularly lousy performance review.

Busy office.

Unfettered Corporate Campaigning.

Elections

'Why does my opponent keep lying about me?', 'Because truth is stranger than fiction?'

'With these video-phones, there's just too much documentation on all my promises.'

'Normally, I would give credit where credit is due but we're in a credit crunch. Therefore, I will take all the credit for your hard work on this project.'

'You obviously took my suggestion to reduce stress to the extreme.'

'Son, voting isn't a rational procedure by which one strategically selects an electable candidate who will best serve your interests. Voting is an emotional response to your gut level fears!'

Brainstorm in progress.