February 14, 2013
by Ron Bonjean
US News & World Report
My latest column on GOP messaging development after the 2012 election.

by Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times
February 5, 2013

The White House and GOP lawmakers are getting ready to -- once again -- not work together on taxes and spending cuts. As the month-long count begins for the start of $85.3 billion in automatic budget cuts, the old brinksmanship is back.

by Jonathan Weisman, New York Times  January 27, 2013

WASHINGTON — With House Republicans gathered behind closed doors this month at a resort in Williamsburg, Va., Representative Eric Cantor hushed the crowd with a long slide presentation on the prospects of a government default.

Former staffers make oddly cozy pair
By: Amie Parnes, The Politico

Republican Ron Bonjean and Democrat Phil Singer don’t have a lot in common. But they both recently launched consulting firms, and they figured that opposites might attract business. So they’ve merged their bipartisan experiences, big names and Rolodexes to form one “full service” team focused on strategic communications, crisis management and government relations counseling.

Call them the platonic version of Carville and Matalin.

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