David Brooks hits the nail on the head yet again with his latest piece, “The Crowd Pleaser” regarding the Romney campaign and their need to add conviction and definition to the candidate. Brooks writes, “He needs to step outside the cautious incrementalism that is the inevitable product of excessive polling and focus-group testing. He needs…

Campaigns & Elections magazine held their 4th annual Reed Awards dinner last Friday night to recognize some of the year’s best political and public affairs work.  See the complete list of winners. HighGround earned top honors for “Toughest Mail Piece” for the direct mail newspaper developed for the Wolcott for Mayor campaign.  Wolcott successfully ran…

By: J. Charles Coughlin The closing remarks of the President’s State of the Union address the other night were moving. He spoke of the teamwork necessary to accomplish incredibly difficult and complex missions. He spoke of members of a team having each other’s backs. He said that the way in which those members of our…

David Brooks wrote an excellent article today titled “The C.E.O. in Politics” about the qualities of an executive President.  Without regard to the outcome of the Presidential Primary elections, the characteristics that Brooks describe really apply to any position of executive leadership from President to Governor to Mayor.  The qualities include: Emotional security Superb political…

Today, Campaigns & Elections announced the finalists of the fourth annual Reed Awards. The finalists represent the top talent in the political consulting business in the fields of Direct Mail, Online Advertising, Newspaper Advertising, Phones, Political Technology, Signage and Collateral Material, Radio and Television. skin whitening forever HighGround, Inc is a finalist in the Toughest…